how do you deal with assholes in work?

eilo1

fairly self explanatory, how do you deal with work collegue/ customers / clients that are assholes?

Go afterhours go...........................

SadieSue

Fart in their general direction.

Biggins

Try my best to ignore them.
If they REALLY get in my face. Go through them without hesitation.

Chris P. Bacon

Depends what kind of arsehole they are,there is many kinds.

jimcoolding

blast 'em with piss?

El Weirdo

jimcoolding wrote: »

blast 'em with piss?

Don't.

PinkFly

Bate the shíté outta dem.

GarIT

Fire them:cool:

eilo1

Biggins wrote: »

Try my best to ignore them.
If they REALLY get in my face. Go through them with.

what if they are really really awful, what will you go through them with??!!

TeddyTedson

I say nothing generally.
I've literally been red in the face with anger at times with some of the people I've had to work with.
It's amazing how much stress is relieved when you know you're going to work with people you get on with.

strokemyclover

Laugh at them. If they are real assholes there's a good chance others think so too so make the most of it.

Biggins

jimcoolding wrote: »

blast 'em with piss?

Thanks. Haven't seen that in the last few minutes. Needed that joke reminded to me again.

Shryke

Walk away.

Ghandee

*adopts camp voice* ride em!

Biggins

eilo1 wrote: »

what if they are really really awful, what will you go through them with??!!

I reserve the right to not answer that question on the grounds it might indite me.

Naikon

Blast them with piss?

Solnskaya

Had a mate who worked in a builders providers. Customer would order somthing or whatever, then turn up at the appointed hour to collect same. Which had usually not yet arrived/been totally forgotten/turned up and was the wrong thing. Customer would go off on a rant, the usual "this is feckin typical..blah blah...rubbish service here...blah blah....ye just don't give a damn...blah blah..."
And, cool as a cucumber, obviously not giving a single flying sh1te, my mate would almost always respond "And how does that make you feel???"
This either p1ssed the customer off more, or made them laugh(I don't think my mate really cared which) So, when dealing with an 4rse, why not end their rant with "And how does that make you feel?" It does not generally do much for your career advancement though.

Biggins

Naikon wrote: »

Blast them with piss?

O' Yay!!!

holystungun9

F*ck 'em. Straight from the school of Rocco.

Absurdum

Blast them with a shotgun.

PinkFly

eilo1 wrote: »

what if they are really really awful, what will you go through them with??!!

a sledgehammer of course

Ruu_Old

Put them on ignore.

galwayrush

I sack them.

Biggins

GarIT wrote: »

Fire them :cool:

galwayrush wrote: »

I sack them.

Works for me.

peasant

smother them with kindness (they can't handle that )

Abi

Biggins wrote: »

Try my best to ignore them.
If they REALLY get in my face. Go through them without hesitation.

^ This.


I'd make sure I'd as little dealings with them as possible, be professional in my dealings with them but walk away with a face on me like I'd just stood in dog-shit.

I'd keep conversations with them short, sharp and to the point. Though as Biggins said, if pushed to it I'd tear strips off them.

Dangerous Man

I usually put up with the bullshit for a while then if I'm pissed off I'll go to my boss and make an official complaint. Then I'll sit back and enjoy my grovelling apology. Then I hatch a plan to get them fired somehow. I"m petty like that me.

Mrmoe

Like most things in life you have to learn to rise above it. Treat it as just a job. I usually try and be nice, courteous and professional which usually drives them mad. Fortunately, I haven't worked with too many out and out assholes but everybody has their moments.

LumpyGravy

eilo1 wrote: »

fairly self explanatory, how do you deal with work collegue/ customers / clients that are assholes?

Lock them in my basement and turn them into a human centipede.

amandaf675

ignore them most of the time but tonight i decided to play a trick on her.

Me and my mother were supposed to be off on the 2nd of july so had basically decided to have my bday session on that nite, but we realised that this girl had wrote her name down for a night off leaving only one other person to cover the shift. and even at that, the person left to do the shift is new so aint the best! and Its a saturday night so need at lease 2 people on!

The rule where we work is when u want a night off you find out whos night off it is and talk to them and ask them to swap. We basically d out own roatas between us as our boss is there 7 nights anyway!

But she had marked a day off which was her night to work (she does this the whole time and never thinks of saying it to anyone. this is the 5th day she has wrote in she wanted off since start of may and she only does 3 nights a weeek anyway) so we told her we had our party that night so she had to work. she then procedded to tell out boss that noone was able to cover the shift and he would be there with only the new girl! My boss blew a fuse at her and basically told her, if her or my mother aint there that night, she has no job to come back to!

Twas sooo funny watching her reaction! She'll think twice the next time

General General

<hilarious proctologist joke>

Capt'n Midnight

There are some people who are physically incapable of wiping their own arses.

It's a dirty job but someone's got to do it.

For a short time that someone was me.

How do you deal with it ?

Treat it like your own.

ArtSmart

How do I deal with assholes in work?

I smack 'em.

Red Hand

ArtSmart wrote: »

How do I deal with assholes in work?

I smack 'em.

And how do you deal with the people who are attached to said assholes?

ArtSmart

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

And how do you deal with the people who are attached to said assholes?

well usually after a good smacking I share a cigarette with them. Why?

LighterGuy

Biggins wrote: »

Try my best to ignore them.
If they REALLY get in my face. Go through them without hesitation.

Depends on who it is in question. If said asshole was a higher up or someone with clout. You would think twice about certain things.

Red Hand

ArtSmart wrote: »

well usually after a good smacking I share a cigarette with them. Why?

Just to be clear...you share a cigerette with the asshole, or with the person whose asshole you smacked...or with both?

ArtSmart

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

Just to be clear...you share a cigerette with the asshole, or with the person whose asshole you smacked...or with both?

haven't you already over stretched your attempted metaphor mix-up?

ps, are you the Arnie lover or am i thinkin of someone else?

Red Hand

ArtSmart wrote: »

haven't you already over stretched your attempted metaphor mix-up?

ps, are you the Arnie lover or am i thinkin of someone else?

You have made an enemy this day, sir.

Good morning.

ArtSmart

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

You have made an enemy this day, sir.

Good morning.

Finally, I've achieved something today.

hudsonriver

The same way I deal with all Real Life problems. . .

The ignore button.

That or go from real to half life and take out a crowbar

metalmessiah88

just twist what they say and make the feel little they'll soon pi$$ off

Capt'n Midnight

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

You have made an enema this day, sir.

Good morning.

fyp

that's how you deal with assholes

Knex*

If they are proper a**hole I usually use a nice blend of sarcasm and a bit of abuse disguised as banter and see how things go

I would be the type of person who is always messing with friends and throwing abuse around (think a lot of Irish people kinda are) and I generally just throw a lot of this at someone whos being a dick to see how they respond. If its gets out of hand I simply say it, most of them aren't used to be confronted over being a knob and will usually back off.
Just my 2 cents tho:)

Karona

I worked with a lot of assholes...
If your a girl and the assholes are guys, crying usually freaks the feck out of them.

Makes them apolagise sharpish too.

jimbobaloobob

Drawing the emotions card Karona i like it!

Saila

knock the shit of them usually

tdv123

Mutter bad things about them under my breath when there not looking.

jimbobaloobob

wise words on how to deal with assholes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvMduWKHNpY

Show Time

eilo1 wrote: »

fairly self explanatory, how do you deal with work collegue/ customers / clients that are assholes?

Go afterhours go...........................

I sack them.

GTDolanator

i just give them a taste of their own medicine