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Intrusive co-worker, what would you do?

How to deal with a co-worker who is dramatic, interrupts your conversation with your boss or any person that comes to your office or in the hallway, is self-promoting by claiming to be an expert in any field or category mentioned, claims to know almost each VIP or political figure personally or been to school with them. Comes to work late daily, and if you are speaking with someone takes over the conversation and wants to hug you or strokes everyones' ego with praises even she does not know them. Needs a reward for each task that they complete and literally shouts on the phone with personal calls on her cells phone! Then says rude and unkind things about them behind their backs or how much she dislikes them! I almost want to HATE this person but my personality does not permit me to - and unfortunately, for an extended time I'm force to work with them.

Update:

Unfortunately, I've gotten answers from people who did not read the question. but other answers are welcomed. the operative word is "finding a way to cope" with a person in the office that essential NO ONE LIKES

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    Every office has a pest and she is it!! Listen, everyone is annoyed by this girls behavior so anything she does or says is never taken seriously. No one thinks any more of her than the left over coffee in their coffee cup.

    She is a self proclaimed know it all. I bet if you took I, I, I and me, me, me out of her vocabulary, she would have absolutely nothing to say.

    This girl does not deserve your attention or your brain power. You just need to either ignore her or say "EXCUSE ME< I AM TALKING" when she interrupts. If you can possibly get everyone else in on dissing her behavior, simply by way of your actions, perhaps everyone will catch on and follow suit.

    This person does not deserve your valuable energy. You are giving her power by allowing her to get under your skin. Stop that right away. She is insignificant.

  • Problem Solved: BE TOLERANT!!! STOP DISCRIMINATING!!

    You just said it, "my personality does not permit me" to "hate this person."

    You do not hate this person, but some part that you do not like (your shadow in psychology) anything at all. That is a spiteful, negative and destructive spirit.

    You can either use this to play chess or boxing with your coworker or you can stop obsessing about something that is none of your business. (You can go to a psychologists because this is a serious issue. Workplace should give morale strategies, so if they can not help you, you can suit them if you get a good lawyer.)

    You cannot say that nobody likes this person because you really do not know how much time they think of him/her.

    You have to learn how to tolerate people! What if the day after tomorrow, you acquired a body odor that nobody liked? You would want to be tolerated instead of being disliked.

    If other people do not like him/her, then it is not your problem.

    There is a thin line between love and hate. Do are too obsessed about this person. You are being too sensitive. You are being passionate about this person.

    Wouldn't you ignore a loud noise, loud color or loud smell? You learn to live with it. This person is not with you right now, so pay attention to good things wherever you are.

    If you go to your superiors with this then you would deserve it if someone got you in trouble for a mistake, negligence or lack of skill/knowledge/ability.

    This person sounds like a charming person with a positive attitude regardless of having memory problems. Tell yourself that!

    If you still cannot avoid your bad attitude, then try to find what you have in common with this person. Be a team player!

    If you have a need to fight, then look outside of work, home and inappropriate places because you have a lot of hostility which is no ones fault, but your own.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    8 years ago

    get a spine. when interrupted you should always say, "excuse me I'm speaking". There is nothing you can do about self grandizing. This is an insecure person who is very emotionally needy. If they move to hug you tell them, "excuse me i'm not comfortable with physical contact". Sometimes it can be very uncomforatble to assert yourself...But you must especially about the physical contact. No one you are not related to should ever put their hands on you except for a professional handshake. And you need to call them out on it. This society has become increasingly touchy feely...then we wonder why people molest children. Children are not taught to assert themselves from unwanted negative attention. It can be done in a polite way. It SHOULD be done....and in a polite way.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    i do no longer undergo in suggestions if it became Ann Landers or omit Manners who reported it, yet their reported respond to non-public questions became "Oh it is that this style of non-public question, i'm particular you will understand if i do no longer answer it." you additionally can, with courtesy basically tell this guy or woman which you do no longer opt to debate your guy or woman enterprise with them.. you do no longer could be impolite. If it gets to be too lots, you're able to desire to communicate with your supervisor, enable them to realize it truly is meddling with you while you're attempting to get your artwork completed. it is your supervisor's interest to handle it if it gets out of hand and you have already tried your superb. in case you do determine to bypass that course, initiate conserving a log of all the cases the guy has bothered you with very own stuff, jot down cases and dates.

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  • C J
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Just win the competition that is work, that's the best revenge. Be better at your job, be better at office politics, be better at managing the situation.

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