The worst was when I took a creative writing class with my then wife, and I was honest with her work too. The other students couldn't believe how 'mean' I was Someone tore a story of mine apart, but the professor was like, "I'm sorry, but you're just being mean, and none of it is honestly relevant"
Yes! This! Feedback is considered mean by so many people. THEN DON’T ASK FOR FEEDBACK I was asked for feedback after coming back to and re-acclimating the office after covid (“tell us what you think/ need” etc) and when I gave feedback I was called insubordinate and HR talked to me 😐
In that writing class, someone just put, "I didn't like your ending", so I asked for them to elaborate, and they just went, "I didn't think it was good", which tells me nothing I responded, "endings aren't for everyone, but if you can't even say what's wrong, then why should I bother changing it"
At my first job; hotel front desk, there was a notebook to write feedback in, or notes for corrections... it got taken away cause other employees complained about my "reminders" I mean, after 3 times reminding them to, "please put receipts in audit's box", I started using the red pen