Ah, go on...

[ciphergoth]

You can make people like you more by doing them a tremendously damaging disservice - encourage them to do what is in their short-term interests but against their long-term interests.

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I'd agree with this, particularly in relation to eating / boozing / staying out later than planned.

I've noticed recently (through work events) that when you get a group of people together who all display this behaviour the overall effect is greater in than the sum of the parts.

Or more specifically, when a bunch of managerial / consultant types all try to convince a group that a midweek bender is a good idea, the result is carnage. (Short term: look like one of the team / good chap etc; Longer term: not exactly healthy, great potential for embarrassment and I know several people who have had problems at home as a direct result of work-related boozing).

Not sure about the office cake-pushers though. As someone who has to work to stay slim, I find that particular behaviour genuinely annoying, much as I might enjoy a bit of cake in the short term.