Can no one else see the rope a dope...

[rainbow4321]

34. Exactly

POTUS took the best route for dealing with obnoxious bullies. Just let them talk. I've dealt with people like this in the workplace whenever I have ended up in our manager's office over a dispute with these kind of people. Hold my tongue no matter how outrageous they sound, don't interrupt them, let them ramble no matter how badly I want to interrupt them, let them grab more and more rope to hang by...


When the manager finally turns to me, I speak calmly, use a slow, calm, unflustered cadence. This annoys the bully even more and they try to interrupt me and shut me down. I then say calmly and pointedly "excuse me, I didn't interrupt YOU so I would appreciate and expect the same courtesy". They then are forced to stand there and steam as the manager says "yes, that is true" and they tell the bully to shut up, basically, as I continue to state my case.

As the bully starts to realize they are losing their case, they get more and more irrational and LOUDER and their panic starts to kick in.

If any onlooker was in the room they would probably have the same opinion of me that some have had here about POTUS tonight, "you let that person run all over you". No, no I didn't. I let them dig their own hole deeper and deeper.


PLEASE, DU'ers, let this PLAY OUT. POTUS did the right thing tonight.