5 Responses for "Co-worker issues – how to deal with a know-it-all who interrupts everyone?"

1. taylor swift March 14th, 2010 at 12:28 pm 1

   Best Answer – Chosen by Voters To be honest if they follow the rules of the company and the law, it doesn't matter if she's married to the local Postman or God, her actions are unacceptable and needs to be stopped. If anybody is talking and she interrupts, two things need to happen. First is the person who is talking needs to say "sorry I was in the middle of talking here" and then if she does start screaming, the person who was being talked to steps in here and says that when they have finished talking to them, she can then talk. I would also be tempted to see if her husband knows how she is behaving – if I was him I would be mortified that she was using me to get her own way. But, as the boss's talk about her behind her back and have done nothing about her to her face, there is nothing your friend can do except look for another job and live with it. KD

2. Vanessa Hudgens March 14th, 2010 at 12:28 pm 2

   This is what you do, first you buy a lot of lime. this wont make sense at first but it will later help.Then you buy a gun. You invite him to your house. then you shoot his ***. then you bury the body in the backyard with the lime. the lime will mask the sent and the finger prints. it work for me last time!

3. miley cyrus March 14th, 2010 at 12:28 pm 3

   That's a tough one. I'd suggest the girls start documenting the poor behavior, because any complaint against an employee (co-worker or not) requires documentation. Someone should start exploring what formal channels for complaint there are. The goal here is to start building a case against this woman, with multiple witnesses signing records about her poor behavior. They have to go into this as a group. Once documentation was built up, they should all launch a campaign against her, complaining both formally and informally to as many people as they can find. The goal here is to get the message out, starting so many fires that she and her husband have to burn up all their social credit dealing with the complaints. He may be her husband, but he can't tolerate her as an embarrassment to his reputation for long, and people will start telling him to 'get your wife in line'. They should be prepared for her to have a big angry blow-up, but that is actually what they want – it will give them more to document for their next round of complaints. They will want to repeat all of the above periodically until she is gone (she's too old and arrogant to get the message and just change her behavior). The two girls who are the subject of her aggressive complaints should schedule times to meet with those she spoke to, stating calmly that they'd like to clarify the actual situation. As for her interrupting when the girls are talking to a boss, each of them should carry small air horns to toot when she does that, and not let up on the horn until they are done talking to the boss.

4. taylor swift March 14th, 2010 at 12:28 pm 4

   All of you should document any witnessed lapses of judgment and after making yourself a couple of copies, submit them to your boss. Then all of you need to get a backbone and call her on every single occasion where she butts in, interrupts, eavesdrops, or screams at a co-worker. Let her know that her behavior is not acceptable and while you would prefer to be on friendly terms, you are not going to tolerate it. Suggest that she take some classes in professional communication. Then smile and walk away.The next time she pulls the husband card, tell her she is going to have to do better than that to sway anyone's opinion about her behavior. Everyone just needs to quit talking to her.

5. justin bieber March 14th, 2010 at 12:28 pm 5

   Tell the truth…to the whole office:The union is corrupt and acts in the best interests of its officials' wives and not its members. She said it, you are just repeating the fact that "she is so and so's wife and she will have her way." Even if she is just being a loudmouthed asshat i think she deserves a little trouble coming her way. If that trouble is an investigation of her husbands union activities, I say yay!