How to get along with difficult co-workers.
My favorite episode of The Office was on the other night. Phyllis has printed out advice from the internet on how to get along with Angela. As the episode progresses, Phyllis finds that most of this advice is largely useless. Too bad Phyllis didn't come to my site. I don't waste time giving advice that works only if both parties are reasonable people. The whole concept behind difficult co-workers is that they are often largely unreasonable. So how do you deal?
It requires finesse, and a bit of being the bigger person, but it can be done. A few tips are found here, in Get Along With Any Co-Worker.
And if that doesn't work, you have my permission to ball up a bunch of post-its and throw them in the person's face.
