[brightlancer]

> yes, coworkers thanking me for a bugfix or a feature bothers the hell out of me. man I am not doing it for you, I am doing it for money that is thanks enough

And they're thanking you for doing something that will keep them employed.

I had a customer one time like you. I was talking with her on the phone and I was phrasing requests (as I often did) as "would you do this for me?"

"I'm not doing this for you, I'm doing this for my boss," she repeatedly responded, while repeatedly ignoring my directions.

Accept the expression of gratitude, even if your inner narcissism doesn't want you to.

[byteware]

not like I am vocalizing this damn, that would be effed up, I am just silently feeling this way then respond and act according to the expected norms