Somebody's Too Big For Their Britches...

[FayeW]

Dealing with an associate on a power trip, any ideas on how to cut him down to size? This person has very little influence or power, but chooses to flaunt it anyway.

Suggestions?

 

[Hercules10]

Ignore 'em.

 

[hydster]

Hey Ralph....I'm so sorry you're Pe*** is so small!

That one worked on my obnoxious brother in law for awhile!

 

[ButchJohnson]

This is my least favorite type of person. I will dwell on this for a time. But here is one for starters.

Hey ____(insert his name here) I saw your wife at Joes bar (or whatever local hangout is popular in your town) with this guitar player guy hanging all over her. He was in the band. Pretty good band too. Then they left together.

(Most guys would loath the thought of their women getting knocked up by a rock musician.)

When he inevitably calls her out on it and is convinced you were making it up, you can just say, oh well it looked like her, sorry.

 

[ClarabelleCowFan]

Men tend to be so sensitive about their HAIR (and losing it), their WEIGHT (it's not just us women that go nuts about this one) and their ummm "boy parts".

I would notice a bald spot on the back of his head and ask how long that had been there...

 

[FayeW]

I pretty much ignore him, but lately I've adopted a more passive agressive approach. That at least entertains me.

 

[FayeW]

Men tend to be so sensitive about their HAIR (and losing it), their WEIGHT (it's not just us women that go nuts about this one) and their ummm "boy parts".

I would notice a bald spot on the back of his head and ask how long that had been there...

That's funny! I have a very good friend who had just gotten a haircut she wasn't sure about. I was chatting with her one day and was kind of staring at her and she said "I know, it's a bad haircut" ... I said "Sorry, what was that? I must have been distracted by your EYEBROWS!!" Oh, my, how we laughed. (I khew she was self conscious of her dark eyebrows). Hey, at least she stopped worrying about her hairdo....

 

[Kimberly]

Just ignore them...

 

[oxfordcircus]

Hey ____(insert his name here) I saw your wife at Joes bar (or whatever local hangout is popular in your town) with this guitar player guy hanging all over her. He was in the band. Pretty good band too. Then they left together.

This reminds me of the episode Seinfeld where George Costanza tries desparately to keep up with a co-worker in an exchange of insults. The best insult George can come up with is "I slept with your wife," and another co-worker whispers to George "his wife is in a coma."

 

[Luv'sTink]

Is he short? If so, ask him if he has ever heard of "Little Man Syndrome" If he says "Yes" say have you suffered long?

Short men (height) always seem to walk around with a chip and think they are so much tougher, bigger than they are hence "Little Man Syndrome".

 

[kimkatmom]

So, that is your advice when the person is "too big for her skirt"? Let me paint you a picture -- 30 and blond. One of my co-workers is actually seeking professional help to deal with her little abuse.

 

[FayeW]

Is he short? If so, ask him if he has ever heard of "Little Man Syndrome" If he says "Yes" say have you suffered long?

Short men (height) always seem to walk around with a chip and think they are so much tougher, bigger than they are hence "Little Man Syndrome".

Yes, I suspect he may suffer from that syndrome in more ways than one...it would explain so much!

Sometimes I refer to it as his "Napoleon Complex".

 

[wendyl]

Dealing with an associate on a power trip, any ideas on how to cut him down to size? This person has very little influence or power, but chooses to flaunt it anyway.

Suggestions?

Ask them if they ever watch "The Office" and tell them they remind you of someone on that show. Leave them wondering who---maybe they'll figure it out on their own and get the clue.

(for the non-watchers----sounds like this associate is a DEAD RINGER for Dwight Schrute The "Assistant TO the Manager" who tries to say he is "The Assistant Manager").