How do you deal with a snooty, sarcastic person at work???

[Yvette84]

Ok, so I know everyone here works with someone they don't like. I expect that. but what do you do when you can't take it anymore????? this girl is not like mean or anything so I can't tell the boss anything, she's just......soooo snooty, sarcastic and corrects EVERY SINGLE LITTLE TINY mistake I make with an attitude!!!! She is the "Office manager" and I can't avoid her cuz we have to work together ALL day!!! I've tried befriending her but nothing has worked!! what should I do???

[tylercdurden2004]

Try asking her for her opinion. That will make her feel invovled and in control and most likely eliminate her seeking out control and invovelment by nit picking or nagging as its better known.

[Giant]

Unfortunately, we all have moments where we end up working with a colleague that has the attitude of an !@#. I understand what you are trying to say. Am I correct in assuming that you are saying that the woman who is "correcting every mistake you make" has an attitude problem? If so, then you should bring this up with your boss. Everyone deserves to work in an environment where they are not "mis-treated" or "looked down upon" by someone who thinks that they are superior. To be honest, if I were in your position, I would inform one of the "higher-ups," like the boss. No one deserves this treatment from anyone. Everyone makes mistakes, and it is inevitable, and if she is going to fix those mistakes and make you feel incompetent at the same time, then I would recognize that as unfair treatment. I would suggest going to the boss if you have ran out of other options. She may be only correcting some errors that may have been made, but she does not have to dish out any garbage about it, and make you feel worse at the same time. I would suggest you go see your boss if this continues. I wouldn't look at this situation lightly if I was the boss.

[now_better]

i'm lucky enough that almost everybody i work with here is pleasant and has a good attitude. however, there's always a few difficult people. sometimes you have to work with these people and you deal with it professionally, but when you don't have to, you avoid them.

 

on a previous position, i quit my job because i couldn't work with my co-workers. it led me to a better job, but if i had to do it again, i think i would have talked to my boss about the situation earlier instead of telling him that i was resigning. so tell your boss that you're having problems with people in the office and see how he/she advises you.

[itsallgrand]

Give her openings to feel smart. Ask her opinion. Talk well of her. Be pleasant.

 

She may start to warm up to you or not. If she does, good, she'll be off your back. If not, it'll drive her crazy that she can't get to you and you aren't paying attention to her 'rejections'.

 

I used to work with one of the most nit-picky, anal, sarcastic, unpleasant people I could ever have imagined encountering. At first, it irritated me. Then, I just started shrugging my shoulders. Kept emotion out of it, did my job. If her nitpicking was relevent, I gave her a chance to gloat in it. "Oh yes, you're right."If it wasn't relevent, I said so and just continued on my way.

Never had a problem with her that escalated.

 

Good luck. Take it easy.