How come when you pick up a bad habit from someone they tell you that you can't do it if you learned it from them?

[Anonymous]

[Curmudgeon]

A public service advert from my youth comes to mind:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/Uz9LQvn_QUY

[SiberFox]

Because they know it's bad and once it becomes routine it is difficult to lose.

[Asker]

You look stupid telling someone you can't do something when they do it too.

[SiberFox]

Right, if I tell you not to touch electrical wires and then I do it and get zapped, was I wrong to tell you not to touch them? Now apply this to self-destructive behaviours

[Asker]

You are over exaggerating it a little bit like when people be on their cell phones at work but someone tells you not to be on your phone.

[SiberFox]

Then I assume its your boss? I'd tell them to focus on their own work ethic before criticising others'

[FilmGuy93]

Many times people like that don't have enough self awareness to recognize their own bad behavior.