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Dealing With an IT Bully
jammag writes "'"You are an idiot." That was how I was greeted on an already gloomy, rainy Monday morning.' Eric Spiegel offer his a first-hand account of dealing with a tech world geek-gone-bad and presents some ideas for coping. 'These bullies are quick to aggressively divert blame for any problem back to someone else, because they couldn't possibly be responsible. Some are passive aggressive, where they will subtly lay blame behind your back. Others enjoy getting in your face and being as confrontational as possible.'" What experiences have others had that defied all logic and possibly made you want to start looking for rifles and bell towers?
That's what I was thinking, though it does sound like the support guys were just funneling the calls straight to the developers, which is pretty passive aggressive.
I think someone needs to sit them both down and knock heads. You can't have two halves of the team doing this sort of snippy crap; it impacts the customers, and that just can't be allowed.
ad logicam Claiming a proposition is false because it was presented as the conclusion of a fallacious argument.
You're right, but only if you're moving in geologic time. The referenced event was the University of Texas sniper