When I was at the 'bottom' I had (well still have) a woman in our HR department that wants me out of the place where I work like it's nobody's business. One day when I knew she had just finished a smack down job of talking behind my back, I calmly walked up and said,

"I may be the bottom of the totem pole around here, but without me, there is no one here to hold up the rest of company".

Then I smiled, winked and walked away confidently.

Well my heart was racing, I wanted to pick her up and throw her across the room, but I did it and it felt so guuuuuud!!!!