Office joker

[TinTrump]

Never, ever ignore people like this - it will only get worse.
Nomadd

Agree 100%. Like minestrone did, take direct action, either when its just the 2 of you in private or in front of the office crowd. One-on-one I'd favour the "let's cut this sh*t out friend", in public a humourous approach. Whatever sits best with you, but as you're finding it affecting you at home you need to do something quickly. Sounds like a total berk.

[suityou01]

Agree 100%. Like minestrone did, take direct action, either when its just the 2 of you in private or in front of the office crowd. One-on-one I'd favour the "let's cut this sh*t out friend", in public a humourous approach. Whatever sits best with you, but as you're finding it affecting you at home you need to do something quickly. Sounds like a total berk.

He regailed us with a story about how he got into a row with a tube worker and a special constable over him not having a ticket. He was being stone walled by the tube worker and so he played the race card. He thought this was hilarious.

[centurian]

Never, ever ignore people like this - it will only get worse.

In 20 years of contracting, I've always resorted to immediately taking the pi55 back, and continuing to do so, even unprompted, until the a-hole goes away. I stick at it for days/weeks if I have to, and quite enjoy the 'sport'; kinda take it as a personal challenge. People like this are always chicken, and never seem to like a taste of their own medicine, so they go away and find easier pickings elsewhere.

WHS

And as soon as he shows that he's getting annoyed, hit him with the killer line. "Don't give it if you can't take it" - preferably in front of everyone. That way you show him up to be a bully and a hippocrite.

Whoever said "Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words can never hurt me", didn't have a fooking clue what they were talking about

[EternalOptimist]

try this


'Thats very funny , but you are distracting me from my work'
'Yes thats very good, but this is the second time today you are distracting me from my work'
'Excellent stuff, but this is the third time today you are distracting me from my work'
'This is the fourth time today you have made me lose my concentration'

.....and so on.

Others in the office will get mightily bored at this very quickly, then annoyed. But not with you.

Also a good way of keeping a running count of incidents with witnesses, and a good excuse for not delivering.

[d000hg]

Well, I would have started by filling his desk with copies of Gay Times, but each to his own, I guess...

Nomadd

We don't all have a stack of those to hand (as it were).

[cojak]

As I'm not great at retorts, I just wait for the moment when one of his 'jokes' falls flat and then turn to him with a pitying face an say

"you're not really very good at this, are you?"

I've deflated 2 @rses with this technique...

[suityou01]

As I'm not great at retorts, I just wait for the moment when one of his 'jokes' falls flat and then turn to him with a pitying face an say "you're not really very good at this, are you?" I've deflated 2 @rses with this technique...

im not too bad at quips usually but this guy is immature and purile. Any quips from me would be witty and sarcastic. Then he would just mimic what i said in a gay voice and take the piss.

[George Parr]

How far up the food chain is he? While I agree with what the others are saying about not letting him get away with it, he might be trying to provoke a reaction from you that he can use against you so don't lose your rag with him.

[Board Game Geek]

Ziety posted : Revenge is a dish best served

with lashings of extra cynanide.

Fixed that for you.

[RichardCranium]

Pah! Amateur.

with just enough of a radioactive isotope to reduce life expectancy to under 12 months.

Fixed that for you too. (hint: luminous paint)