I think that’s just a wise policy no matter how they seem.
Or too many Dale Carnegie courses. I really dislike it.
To be clear…I would only feel like this if the police approach me in an official capacity (which is very rarely).
If I met them off duty in a bar then they are just another person who I may like or dislike as I would with anyone.
Salesmen like everyone else.
And politicians and evangelists/preachers. (And really are NOT both occupations “salesmen” as well----both using fake sincerity to "sell’ their message.)
Oh damn - that’s never happened to me and hope never will. That’s awful. I’d be tempted to reply with “you’ll be getting a 20% increase in production. It may not be in ACTUAL productivity, but maybe just in my general disposition and continued attendance…”
I deal with a lot of machinery and often need to call in technicians who have more expertise than I do. The ones that drive me crazy are the ones whose default for their inability to fix something is to tell me I must be using it in a way that was never intended by the manufacturer. Even though I have been doing so for years. Oddly, these guys are the older (and presumably more experienced) techs. The young guys get it, and actually tackle the problem rather than the user. Middle-aged printer repairmen are the worst of the lot.
Yeah though those are all very rational.
One politician that does just rub me the wrong way is Gavin Newsom, current California governor. Nothing particularly onerous about his policies (standard California Democrat, starting out in the mainstream US left, moving the to the absolute middle of the middle ground once he approached the national stage). But he come across to me as the most skeeevy untrustworthy politician. Like he could be out of central casting as “generic unscrupulous American politician”. Nothing to particularly suggest that. There was some sketchiness in his personal life but nothing out of the ordinary for a politician IMO, and I’ve thought this about from before that came out.
Gavin Izusu, heh.
I recall having to explain to my New Hampshire father that every con man in the South learned his trade in the Baptist church. He was stunned. He and his wife retired to South Carolina and were the targets of quite a few scams when they first arrived.