Reply to: Ever felt like strangling somebody?

[vetran]

Only way is to be more competent. Let him run his mouth off, after a while if he is constantly wrong he will drop himself in it. Don't get mad if he is a muppet he will fail. Smile inwardly.

[minestrone]

If you want to undermine someone you do it behind their back. If someone is stupid enough to do it to your face it is easy to face it down. Your work is then to isolate people and to convince them of your concerns over that person, personal and professional, anything, nothing is sacred and nothing is too low. It has been done to me and I have done it to others.

[Spacecadet]

He's not at Reuters is he ? I think I knew him, tried to pull a fast one on me but I destroyed all his points against me in a meeting with a manager. Plenty quickly.

WHS... you do get these idiots who try to undermine you.
There are two scenario's
a) they're being a pain in the arse on purpose to undermine you
b) they actually are more compentant than you.

If it's a, then shut up at the right moment and let them get their way on something you know is going to cause issues... then make sure everyone knows it was his bright idea that meant the project was delayed by 2 weeks

If it's b, then have a word outside of the meetings and try to get him onside

EDIT: forgot to add, it is my considered opinion that you're in the latter of the two situations

[eliquant]

There is an Indian permie on the project I'm working on whose sole purpose appears to be to ambush me in meetings and disagree with everything i say. Fair enough, most of the time I get my point over but it's the way he does this. It always follows exactly the same pattern - I have my say then he pipes up and says "I don't think that will work...." - and when giving his reason he always starts with "...it is my considered opinion that <insert reason here>...." . Well, Mr Gupta; it's my considered opinion that you are giving me insomnia as I lie there at night thinking of violent things that I would like to do to you and I believe you need to be severely chastised!

He's not at Reuters is he ? I think I knew him, tried to pull a fast one on me but I destroyed all his points against me in a meeting with a manager. Plenty quickly.

[Sysman]

AS soon as he gets to '...opinion' you need to pipe up with '...you ought to go **** yourself.' I did that once and never heard a peep once.

WHS, although I would phrase it a bit differently. More like "I'm heartily effing sick of hearing "your opinion" on everything I say. Who appointing you as Judge?"

[darmstadt]

AS soon as he gets to '...opinion' you need to pipe up with '...you ought to go **** yourself.' I did that once and never heard a peep once.

[Drewster]

....he didnt take it that way and went mental, accusing everyone who was laughing in the room of being racist. It went to hr and they told him pish off bob!!

ftfy

[MarillionFan]

I think this is the first bedwetter sockie.

As an aside I was speaking to a friend who got sacked from a gig for calling someone a pakistani gnome.

LOL. That reminds me when I was working in the US last year.

We were having some really difficult issues with the Indian PM on a project I was business sponsor. He refused to let me have Power Access to the BI System I was having developed. I was convinced it was because they'd screwed up the schema(which they had)

During a really heated meeting, my colleague said 'Look Avinash, why don't you just open up the cupboard and show us the Oompah Loompahs'. Which was supposed to mean you're hiding something.

He didnt take it that way and went mental, accusing everyone who was laughing in the room of being racist. It went to HR and they told him to grow up.

[Churchill]

The gnome never complained, it was someone who overheard.

Bloody "do-gooders"!

[minestrone]

Calling someone a gnome could be construed as offensive.

The gnome never complained, it was someone who overheard.

[Churchill]

I think this is the first bedwetter sockie.

As an aside I was speaking to a friend who got sacked from a gig for calling someone a pakistani gnome.

Calling someone a gnome could be construed as offensive.

[minestrone]

Bedwetter. Grow some balls.

I think this is the first bedwetter sockie.

As an aside I was speaking to a friend who got sacked from a gig for calling someone a pakistani gnome.

[Bright Spark]

it's my considered opinion bedwetter. Grow some balls.

ftfy

[MarillionFan]

There is an Indian permie on the project I'm working on whose sole purpose appears to be to ambush me in meetings and disagree with everything i say. Fair enough, most of the time I get my point over but it's the way he does this. It always follows exactly the same pattern - I have my say then he pipes up and says "I don't think that will work...." - and when giving his reason he always starts with "...it is my considered opinion that <insert reason here>...." . Well, Mr Gupta; it's my considered opinion that you are giving me insomnia as I lie there at night thinking of violent things that I would like to do to you and I believe you need to be severely chastised!

Bedwetter. Grow some balls.

[gricerboy]

It's just the way that after I say something there is a silence followed by the words "it is my considered opinion..." that sticks in my craw. Yes, I often win the argument but this particular phrase I am beginning to find rather irksome!