ah hard to say! i think depends on the relationship. generally speaking, it's hard for people starting out, a million things to fix so the vision is always rosier than the reality. encouragement plus honest feedback on fixable things i think is helpful. ive been studying the Grab app feedback for restaurants and find that responsiveness from the store on negative feedback actually does help improve service a lot. so the business is better for it. but in friendship, maybe can try with small easy solve tips first, see if it's well received and then give more if it is, stop if not!

Interesting question! I’ve always had the mentality that true friends will remain friends despite negative feedback and we have to deliver it to them with constructive criticism. Maybe we can even try helping them out one way or another!