Knowing how to deal with frustrating people comes in handy in all areas of life, especially at work, where we spend the majority of our precious time. However, addressing problematic behaviors of colleagues often requires confidence, courage, and a dash of creativity, which is a combination that isn’t always easy to channel when confronting someone.
To help out those who might be struggling with dealing with difficult coworkers or just need a bit of a push, we’re featuring ways other people managed to do so that worked wonders. Scroll down to find these instances below, and don’t forget to upvote ones that truly deserve a nod of respect.
#21
I just stopped speaking to them unless absolutely necessary legit just pretend they don’t exist unless I have to
Report
36points
#22
We were 2 person team. He was a deadweight, I carried the team alone for 12 months. We won Best Team of the year, he smiled too widely and it filled me with rage. I quit. They fired him 2mths later.
Report
33points
#23
Replied to every one of their passive-aggressive emails with ‘per my last email’ and CC’d their boss😇
Report
32points
#24
She hates Starbucks for personal reasons so when I buy it I make sure the logo of the cup is facing her way.
Report
31points
#25
I’m uncomfortably direct. “I feel like I’ve noticed some tension in our working relationship and I’m wondering if i’ve done something to upset you” (I didn’t- tehe) and just watch them panic.
Report
31points
#26
Stay friendly, but document every time they are unprofessional at work, include witnesses and dates. Report findings to leadership when necessary.
Report
30points
#27
Positive gossip! If they are badmouthing you behind your back people will ask you about them to find the tea, just be respectful, compliment them (don’t over do it) and they will look bad instead
Report
30points
#28
I did t do this but I had a colleague who would refuse to interact directly with this one guy and would make him interact with a glove puppet This may or may not or may have happened on the london trading floor of a Swiss reinsurance company in the 1990s.
Report
30points
#29
Always offered to cover their holidays and would speed through their work load & then complain to the manager that they weren’t working efficiently & show them the amount of their work I completed.
Report
26points
#30
Plugged in an extra wireless mouse where they couldn’t see the fob. I’d move the curser when they were in the middle of things so that they’d have to retype it jump all over the screen
Report
20points
#31
I worked at a school, she was a teacher that made my little sister cry during her class. I quietly went in and whispered the most unhinged stuff to her and then smiled politely and walked out……
Report
19points
#32
One lady stomped thru the office when she’s mad. I said FEE-FI-FO-FUM HERE SHE COMES! When she came to me I told her no one cares about the tantrum you’re having. She quit 👋🏼
Report
19points
#33
I put this goose app on his laptop that steals your cursor and he’s bad at his job, bad at technology, and too on his high horse to ask for help so he hasn’t managed to fix it (it’s been 3 weeks)
Report
19points
#35
My coworker would do NOTHING, literally no work.. and would steal my work to take credit with clients. So I password protected it all and cc’d her into EVERY email as point of contact. Then eventually she had so much work, she kept asking for the password. She missed deadlines and got sacked finally
Report
18points
#36
Never let them finish a conversation. Always walk off before it’s over so they know that they’re wasting my time with their presence
Report
18points
#37
I applied for every weird job available and used their work email and our bosses phone number to call him.
Report
18points
#39
I would stare at someone's forehead because they got massive frown lines whenever they had a tantrum, it used to throw them off 😅
Report
18points
#40
I found out my supervisor was insecure about her thinning hair so once a week i would ask her if she had done something different to her hair, but have a confused look on my face.
Report
16points
