yea dude, i hear ya.
been criticised for the same thing.
for me, i don't want a bunch of double-talk PC bs when I'm being criticised, i want my bosses to tell me exactly what it is they want or don't like...even when i've been criticised for being too blunt, or too direct, they are beating around the bush about it 'it would be nice if...', 'others don't feel you are sensative to their feelings'... it's like: fine, i know i'm blunt but i get results with less time and cost involved.
i have always made expectations and consequences clear to my staff, and I've been managing people since 1986, but sometime around 2000 everybody got pc and ****. nowadays, it doesn't even seem like you can clearly identify to someone when they are ****ing up...even if it's been written in handbooks and s.o.p.'s
"George never did wake up. And, even all that talking didn't make death any easier...at least not for us. Maybe, in the end, all you can really hope for is that your last thought is a nice one...even if it's just about the taste of a nice cold beer."
"If you find the right balance between desperation and fear you can make people believe anything"
"Is enlightenment even possible? Or, did I drive by it like a missed exit?"
It's simpler than you think.
I could be completely wrong"