Now, there are some people who are quite good at self-assessment. They exist, but they're rare.
"I can't believe he'd screw me over like that. It's just not like him. He's not acting like himself.", says the person who's been screwed over in similar fashion many times previously.
Imagine being so incapable of introspection that you'll consider yourself so great a judge of character, you'll take the actions of another and describe them as 'uncharacteristic'.
The hubris, melts my mind. If somebody does something, to then declare 'It's not like him' is the height of arrogance. What better metric of his character than his actions? How can you possibly consider yourself a better estimator of 'what he's capable of', than what he actually did?
"Well yeah, sure. He did it, but it's not in his nature".
I can't even.
lol... yikes, that scenario is, fortunately, one I don't recall experiencing personally, but I have seen it. And any time I come across it, it tends to lead to stress for all involved.
Hopefully we'll see more people capable of introspection and less hubris as time goes on, (but I can't really say much since I was a conceited, arrogant punk for much of my teenage years.)
Anyway, thanks for swinging by and weighing in on this, much appreciated. 🙏