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Fumesucker

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18. All it takes is one real bully type on a crew and the whole thing can go pear shaped in a moment
Sat Feb 15, 2014, 01:30 PM
Feb 2014

Bad behavior multiplies like crazy, things can be fine on a jobsite until one certain person shows up and then it turns into Lord of the Flies in about ten seconds as everyone puts up their defensive shields.

One guy I knew pretty well was a major instigator on the job until one day he was getting ready to give someone who was obviously a bit upset a hard time when another person on the crew asked the guy what was wrong and he started talking about his daughter dying of cancer. It actually changed the bully type's behavior, he dialed the harassing way back after that, I don't think he had ever realized how much of an effect he had on people, it was just a way to pass the time for him.



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Stupid ......all of it! bobGandolf Feb 2014 #1
I've worked places where the entire point of a lot of people's day was to get a reaction Fumesucker Feb 2014 #2
It's bullying, purely and simply. BlueMTexpat Feb 2014 #4
Bullies are a constant in life, they'll always be there, always looking for a victim Fumesucker Feb 2014 #8
Too true. Unfortunately. BlueMTexpat Feb 2014 #9
I don't think pipi_k Feb 2014 #16
From what I've seen it's pretty rare in the industrial construction trades. JoeyT Feb 2014 #10
All it takes is one real bully type on a crew and the whole thing can go pear shaped in a moment Fumesucker Feb 2014 #18
this is locker room trash talk bullshit………. he isn't out preaching this to the masses………….. world wide wally Feb 2014 #3
Wait!Wut? Are_grits_groceries Feb 2014 #11
Calm down. I have no argument whatsoever that Incognito is a total loser. world wide wally Feb 2014 #12
Please don't tell me what to do. Ever! Are_grits_groceries Feb 2014 #14
I am with you and your righteous rant...except for "convince 'mothers'" ScreamingMeemie Feb 2014 #15
I don't agree with their 'convincing mothers..' Are_grits_groceries Feb 2014 #17
Jim Turner needs firing, and I hope the harassed training assistant files the mother of all msanthrope Feb 2014 #5
I agree on both points nt steve2470 Feb 2014 #7
The trainor's responses to the investigator's salin Feb 2014 #13
I feel bad for Martin and the assistant trainer steve2470 Feb 2014 #6
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