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[Alexandr Korol]

While the travel details were being settled, I continued talking to the voice.
I asked:

— Okay, what now? How should I behave when I meet him? What do I do?

The voice tells me that if, upon meeting him, I ask what he’s been doing or
start asking extra questions about the old past or the present, it will be painful
and I will fail the exams because it will sting me. The voice starts literally
coaching me, giving me a “life hack” on how to conduct myself. The first thing
it tells me is:

— When the employee arrives, do not perceive him as an employee — not as
you being the boss and him being the subordinate. Do not look at any of this
through the lens of work. Shift your entire position relative to this person.
Your primary task is not to conflict. Your number one goal is not to teach him
work, not to expect anything ‘good’ from him as an employee toward a boss,
because that will immediately lead to conflict and tension.

The most correct solution, they say, is to set a goal where he is simply
“Object A” and I am “Object B.” Two personas. No boss, no employee, no
past memories of who was right or wrong. This person no longer works
for me; I am not his boss; he is just a human. To pass this exam, I have only
one task: while communicating with this person, I must think only of how to
maximally avoid conflict, which means not provoking him and not biting
on his provocations. That’s what they told me. I wrote down exactly what
they said: Do not argue (that’s clear); Do not react; Do not expect justice;
Do not ask questions. The aliens showed me that I ask too many questions
and that I shouldn’t “dig.” They told me plainly: naturally, I will feel like
my questions aren’t pressure or arguing, but of course, as soon as I meet
him, I’ll want to ask “tricky” questions. Not just tricky, but questions
where I know the answers will prove he’s guilty, which will make him
tense, he’ll defend himself, I’ll see him lying, and I’ll blow up because
of it. That is my mistake, and the aliens are showing it to me. They said: