If it were me, I'd take the wimpy route and just be so very busy every time he asked a stupid/offensive question.
You're not gonna jokey-rhyme your way out of this one.
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Glamcookie - Apr 15, 2009 7:47:47 am PDT #6788 of 30000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
JZ - Apr 15, 2009 7:48:06 am PDT #6789 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I really can't figure out what to do.
At this point, to be honest, I'm with tommyrot.
lisah - Apr 15, 2009 7:51:37 am PDT #6790 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
So, how do I deal with officemate insisting that he's had "unleavened bread" that wasn't crunchy, and therefore, matzo shouldn't be?
Just tell him he should stop talking about things he knows nothing about and turn your back on him or leave the room and go for a walk! You don't HAVE to be nice! You have to be serious, not wimpy, with him or he's going to keep doing it and pissing you off. SHUT HIM DOWN! it's not that hard.
Vortex - Apr 15, 2009 7:55:31 am PDT #6791 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
So, how do I deal with officemate insisting that he's had "unleavened bread" that wasn't crunchy, and therefore, matzo shouldn't be?
Executive Bitchslap.
Hil R. - Apr 15, 2009 7:55:32 am PDT #6792 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
You don't HAVE to be nice!
I'm pretty sure this is where I'm having trouble. Getting out of the "be nice and pleasant to everyone" thing. Especially since it's someone that I have to be in the same tiny room with for several hours each day. (Well, except today. I stayed home today, to work on getting financial aid forms filled out and cleaning my apartment. So far, I've done neither.)
Fred Pete - Apr 15, 2009 7:56:44 am PDT #6793 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Steph, not a copyright expert, but I think it's more a contract issue. And whether he has a leg to stand on depends on the language in the contract.
That said, I'm also not sure I see where he has any damages. But again, the language of the contract may have something to say about that.
Trudy Booth - Apr 15, 2009 7:58:15 am PDT #6794 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
If it were me, I'd take the wimpy route and just be so very busy every time he asked a stupid/offensive question.
That might work with Steph's idiot writer too.
lisah - Apr 15, 2009 7:59:39 am PDT #6795 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
I'm pretty sure this is where I'm having trouble. Getting out of the "be nice and pleasant to everyone" thing.
Yeah, that's a hard habit to break. But it needs to be done. And just because you give him the cold shoulder when he's being an asshole doesn't mean you can't be pleasant to him when he's not. He needs to learn that you're not going to put up with his shit, whether it's intentional or not.
Barb - Apr 15, 2009 8:06:58 am PDT #6796 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
At this point, to be honest, I'm with tommyrot.
I'm with tommy and JZ.
Just came back from doctor. Turned out issue was a renegade internal stitch that had come loose and was attempting to fight for freedom. Doc went in, pulled it out, probed around the incision some more to make sure no other upstart stitches were attempting same and sent me on my way with instructions to rest and keep the wound dry.
Now I'm sore, cranky, and wondering why the hell this thing didn't show up before Monday when I had my scheduled appointment.
Jessica - Apr 15, 2009 8:09:06 am PDT #6797 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Oh, just kill him
Seriously. It would be a mitzvah.