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Eh, I don't post often, but I have to reply this. Please don't normalize that behavior. It's not funny. That's like a bully.

It's only acceptable for him to do that because of his position. Imagine a factory worker doing that to the CEO "just cause it's funny". That's the same with other funny-but-inappropriate behaviors we should discourage at work.

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Context makes every difference here. I could very easily imagine some lower level employee doing this to a CEO and getting a laugh out of it. Context and relationship.

EDIT: not that im saying Steve was in the right, who knows what their relationship was like

Exactly. I cringed when I read that. I'd never treat one of my employees that way (or allow an employee of mine to treat a subordinate that way).

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