Mike doesn't have friends so much as people he's willing to stand next to.
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It's true. Taking the 'high road' is just basically being a doormat, and gets you walked on. I developed a personal policy to take the low road every time. It has dramatically reduced the amount of crap that I have to deal with.
Mine is Cinderobot. She's a Eufy and has moved a table lamp out of a bedroom onto the landing when it was unplugged one day. But she thinks she's falling off a cliff if she hits a chair leg.