And consider the incentives:
Sometimes you have to do things to people that hurt them, for the greater good. And it bothers you just how easy it was.
You pretty much have to level up on sociopathy just to get out of bed in the am
People see you as an avatar, not fully human, so maybe it's only playing fair to dish it back?
I spend all day trying to give clear, prompt and actionable feedback and have high standards, and when a waiter is seriously fucking up I... have a hard time with it.
Like, can you imagine being the president, and having to order an action that will result in death or immiseration for many? You have to find the right level of abstraction.
That's definitely my greatest fear, that by diving on this grenade I have given up my career as an engineer. Sigh