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Originally Posted by Open Eyes
I agree with divine somewhat. I think the only thing I would think about is the tone I present when responding. I have a feeling rdgrad15 that you prefer to maintain the tone of how you respond to different individuals that exhibit these poor behavior patterns. You come across as the type of individual that may struggle with these poor behaviors but you choose not to respond to them with anger which is mirroring THEIR poor controlling behaviors. What tends to happen when you "react" is all you do is give them more reason to continue to behave badly.
I think that you are a nice guy, handicap or not. Sometimes it can be difficult to be in an environment with others that can behave poorly. Bottom line, it's their problem and sometimes these individuals simply don't change. You don't have to stop being nice. I can see you don't care to play that game these others thrive on playing. It doesn't mean you are weak, actually, it can take personal strength to disengage from participating in their poor behavior.
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Yeah I tend to just roll with their behavior. As much as it bothers me, I don't like confrontation unless it's absolutely necessary and given the fact that they are all older than me, if I said something, they could twist it around and make me look like a bad person and potentially get me in trouble if they sense any sort of perceived disrespect in any way. Don't want to take that chance in the work environment. As much as I may complain about my coworkers, I still like the job itself. I don't want to lose it yet. Once I find a new job, then I'll quit but even then, there will be coworkers and people outside of work like this all the time.