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I just about lost my shit yesterday at work. Actually, maybe I did. I had to talk to that bully I mentioned before. He's such an ass, there's just no two ways about it. He called me because he said he needed to understand why I contacted the wrong person about an account, so he could respond to a woman who was really pissed off about it. Naturally, this was while our email server was down, which it never is until this morning, so I couldn't give him an exact timeline. I won't bore you with the details but I stood up to him, tried to speak intelligently but finally lost it, banged the receiver on my desk and said, "You're such a bully. Please don't speak to me like that." He just went on as if I never said anything.

When I could finally read the woman's email TO ME, not requiring an answer from him at all - I didn't take it that she was pissed off at all. She just wanted to make sure I knew who to contact, which I had found out last week, from the guy I originally emailed, who was plenty nice about redirecting me. Sheesh already.

The Bully, who told me he was getting more and more pissed off as he spoke with me, did indeed reply to her, sweet as pie, explaining it was just a mistake and had been corrected last week. No shit, Sherlock. Why he had to make a federal case out of it to me is beyond me. Oh yeah, he's a bully. (His reply didn't come through until quite a bit after we spoke, so I was sure he had responded to her without copying me in on the email, saying nasty things about me. I was moderately surprised he was professional in his email.)

Ass.

Unfortunately I'm playing right into his hand because his nastiness is motivating me to clean up and stay on top of his accounts so I never have to speak with him again. I wish our companies would sever ties with each other but that won't be happening any time soon, since we're making money together.

The sales rep that I liked a lot (and one of our engineers), that left our company to work for The Bully when we sold the division to him - both recently left to join a competitor. How they lasted as long as they did, I don't know. The rep and I used to commiserate all the time. You know what he told me once? I asked him, "How can you stand dealing with that guy?" He said to me, "The worst part, Stef, is that I'm afraid it's going to make me into a mean & bitter person and that's not who I am." That made me sad.

But he's in a better place now, completely joyful about it - and is still willing to help me resolve some of the problems he left behind. I'm not sure I'd be that giving, but he's doing it for me and for the customers, not for The Bully, that's for sure.

There's another bully within our company that I've heard about run-ins with two employees in the last 2 days. These egotistical bullies have no idea how they come off and/or don't care. Every time I hear of another bully episode, I think in my head, how they could have worded things differently to get the same result, but in a way that leaves everyone feeling good and on the same page.

Anyway.
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