This is deep.

I had a nursing supervisor tell me a long time ago "never associate with people who are less than you". I thought, in my 20s, that was extremely arrogant, but now nearly a half-century later, I realize this was what she was trying to tell me

Her phrasing could have been better.

heylis-elf : Yeah, that's what made it so hard to internalize at the time

of course, she was on her 6th husband by the time we met, so I suspect in hindsight her people skills weren't the best.... something I noticed a lot in nurse managers who didn't work the floor any longer. There's a reason they don't

Yeah that makes sense.