Career & Inspiration

No Notifications

Only logged in members can reply and interact with the post.
Join SimilarWorlds for FREE »

How do you deal with difficult people at work?

Top | Newest First | Oldest First

GLITTER · 36-40, F

Avoid, ignore, passively aggressively spit in their tea

theawkward1 · 31-35, F

@GLITTER lol, I can do the first 2

HootyTheNightOwl

I'm the sort of person who will try to avoid such specimens.

I've asked for a new boss at work on two occasions because they let their little power go to their heads.

One, I have no idea what her problem was... I trained her to do her job, only for her to turn on me and make it impossible for me to stay there. Bish, it's not my fault that I could do most of your job at 18 years old.

The other, I think that she was just taking her pain out on me.

Ferric67 · M

I totally mess with difficult people while at work....like drop their chairs low so when they sit at their desks they know that something is off and they don't quite know what.

Stillwaiting · M

Do my job .. document everything .. but stand my ground when needed. I've outlasted a lot of them through the years and am getting close to retirement.

Strict4u · 56-60, M

I tell them to stay the hell away from me that usually works

theawkward1 · 31-35, F

@Strict4u hopefully it don't come to the point where I have to curse them out

Strict4u · 56-60, M

@theawkward1 some people don’t get the message any other way lol

theawkward1 · 31-35, F

@Strict4u true😏

Thevy29 · 41-45, M

Put them in their pajama's, chuck them into bed... Sadly I cannot do this to the Carers and Nurses that piss me off.

theawkward1 · 31-35, F

@Thevy29 what I would like to do is punch them in the face and tell me to f off, everyone makes mistakes

rrraksamam · 31-35, M

Too many big egos at work. I've learned to be quiet and patient and let everyone take the lead, let them feel in charge, do whatever they want. Hell, I'll be out of here one day, and none of it will matter to me.
I've already been thinking about moving onto something else.
Right now I'm just rolling with it because it's not worth clashing with anyone if I won't be here long.

theawkward1 · 31-35, F

@rrraksamam yea thinking about my next move. Definitely need to do something different or find another job.

nevergiveup · M

I am the boss so what i says goes. customers i will agree with if they are right

BrokenAbyss

I try to respectfully tell people we don’t mesh and I need my space from them.

markansas

at work you have to put up with it.. at home.. just walk away

NerdyPotato · M

Thankfully that's not an issue as I don't work 😅

theawkward1 · 31-35, F

@NerdyPotato oh men those were better 😃 days

icedsky · 51-55, M

Get them fired

theawkward1 · 31-35, F

@icedsky well that would be impossible

icedsky · 51-55, M

@theawkward1 Well it also usually leads to a lot of overtime as well. Ok I agree with Glitter. Go spit in their tea!

theawkward1 · 31-35, F

@icedsky I definitely don't want any overtime, trying to be less at work and more home

nevergiveup · M

calmly as possible

Notladylike

It depends in what way they are difficult. I am quite direct so I may address it with them directly or find a way to build a relationship with them if I need to.

theawkward1 · 31-35, F

@Notladylike I have a good relationship with all my colleagues but that don't stop them from talking about ya behind ya back. What they mad about is I had 10 straight days off from work and they didn't like so now they looking for any little thing to make an issue