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  • You’ll be truly amazed at times, how an angry person can change a tune when you go the opposite direction of what they expect, than just adding fuel to the fire and making them the fault of everything.

    That seems like a good way to encourage that person to escalate and repeat that behavior. I’ve had a sister that used to be in an abusive marriage. Appeasement to an entitled angry jerk was not the solution, did not prevent him from putting her head through drywall, did not make anybody happier.

    Anger is an emotion of action and can be useful against things like injustice, but it sounds like you’re talking about people that don’t do anything to better their situation until it’s too late and now it’s everybody else’s fault. Your example, anger about your coworkers being jerks, has many levels between asking them to stop (5% angry) and making them regret falling asleep during the HR managed active shooter training (100%). You’re allowed to be angry. You’re allowed to take action because of it. You’re not allowed to take it out on others. You’re not allowed to engage in anti social behaviors.