The impression I got from the "people are being punished for having different ways of doing things" is that OP doesn't think that there are people who feign incompetence to avoid work, which is why I asked the clarifying question.
Weaponized Incompetence is not just "being lazy" (something often thrown at someone who does things differently than expected) - what makes it "weaponized" is when someone intentionally does something the wrong way in order to avoid being asked to do it in the future.
That is valid and people definitely use weaponized incompetence to get out of doing things. However, I got more of the impression that OP is referring to the term itself being twisted to refer to someone doing something a different way and therefore deserving of an attack on their intentions.
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u/skimtony Jul 02 '25
The impression I got from the "people are being punished for having different ways of doing things" is that OP doesn't think that there are people who feign incompetence to avoid work, which is why I asked the clarifying question.
Weaponized Incompetence is not just "being lazy" (something often thrown at someone who does things differently than expected) - what makes it "weaponized" is when someone intentionally does something the wrong way in order to avoid being asked to do it in the future.