Bolshy people you have to work with
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Having dealt today the most uncompromising, thick headed, rude and arrogant t
t that I have come across in I think any number of year.
Been shouted at twice. Emailed insults several times over. Any reasonable reply is like poring water on boiling oil.
Went from being our solicitors fault to all mine. I can't be rude back.
Anyone else recognise this day? Revenge best served cold!
t that I have come across in I think any number of year.Been shouted at twice. Emailed insults several times over. Any reasonable reply is like poring water on boiling oil.
Went from being our solicitors fault to all mine. I can't be rude back.
Anyone else recognise this day? Revenge best served cold!
As someone else said, it doesn't matter who is talking to you like this.
When I was working for my last company, I was about 3 months in and the 2IC of the company had a go at me about something which I wasn't prepared to do (safety related).
I took 5 minutes to calm down and have a think about it, and to actually confirm in my head that I was right. Next time he walked through the office I worked in, I calmly made my point. He hit the roof and I just kept my cool, made my point and he stormed off.
I told my boss (who is below this guy) that if he talked to me like that again, I walked. Guess what, it never happened again (not with that guy anyway!)
Would also suggest just letting HR know about it. You don't have to get them to do anything about it, just note it so that its logged in case you need to refer to it in the future.
HTH
When I was working for my last company, I was about 3 months in and the 2IC of the company had a go at me about something which I wasn't prepared to do (safety related).
I took 5 minutes to calm down and have a think about it, and to actually confirm in my head that I was right. Next time he walked through the office I worked in, I calmly made my point. He hit the roof and I just kept my cool, made my point and he stormed off.
I told my boss (who is below this guy) that if he talked to me like that again, I walked. Guess what, it never happened again (not with that guy anyway!)
Would also suggest just letting HR know about it. You don't have to get them to do anything about it, just note it so that its logged in case you need to refer to it in the future.
HTH
To elaborate a few days on.
I was having to deal with an outgoing tenant, who I had no other professional relationship, other than he had to leave the building so that I could put a client in it.
His behaviour was bizarre, although I later found out that he was berating my clients local Director, and calling me every name under the sun. Going head to head against this guy, which I would very much have liked to do would have put the deal, and a lot of my clients money at risk.
Our solicitor also seemed to incur his wrath, and hopefully now that the deal has completed he will send the invoice that he has threatened.
What has most irritated me is this guy thinks that his behaviour is not only acceptable, but presumably secures results. It has on this occasion, but only because my client needed the deal to happen.
Fortunately my clients Local Director believes that the guy is a prize prick, and is happy that the job is done. I can rest knowing that I will more than likely never have to deal with him again.
Clearly I am the only person who is put in a position where the tongue has to be bitten occasionally.
I was having to deal with an outgoing tenant, who I had no other professional relationship, other than he had to leave the building so that I could put a client in it.
His behaviour was bizarre, although I later found out that he was berating my clients local Director, and calling me every name under the sun. Going head to head against this guy, which I would very much have liked to do would have put the deal, and a lot of my clients money at risk.
Our solicitor also seemed to incur his wrath, and hopefully now that the deal has completed he will send the invoice that he has threatened.
What has most irritated me is this guy thinks that his behaviour is not only acceptable, but presumably secures results. It has on this occasion, but only because my client needed the deal to happen.
Fortunately my clients Local Director believes that the guy is a prize prick, and is happy that the job is done. I can rest knowing that I will more than likely never have to deal with him again.
Clearly I am the only person who is put in a position where the tongue has to be bitten occasionally.
That reads a bit different to the original post. I took that more that you were getting grief and couldn't/wouldn't do anything about it. When you are talking about HAVING to do the correct thing, and deals are lost based on the way you respond, then it can only be your call as to what Is right. My fault read it wrong
The world is full of 'em.
The world is full of 'em.
leeb said:
That reads a bit different to the original post. I took that more that you were getting grief and couldn't/wouldn't do anything about it. When you are talking about HAVING to do the correct thing, and deals are lost based on the way you respond, then it can only be your call as to what Is right. My fault read it wrong
The world is full of 'em.
I was a bit frustrated when typing the original post!The world is full of 'em.
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