How Do You Handle A Rude Co-Worker?
There is bound to be conflict in any workplace. It doesn’t matter how much you like the people you work with or how well you get along, eventually there will be some kind of conflict. However, there will be times where you run into a co-worker who has no boundaries or respect for your space and time. When this happens you have to handle it properly or things may get out of hand. Do not go on the defensive. This will only make things worse. Take your time and plan your actions. Yes you may feel attacked, but attacking back is not going to make things better. It is going to put the other person in even more of an attack mode and things will get ugly. Document the behavior. That does not mean stop doing your job to scrutinize the other person. That just means if you see a rude behavior or rude instance, document it and the consequences that resulted. For example, lets say you have a receptionist for your work area. She makes a habit of ignoring customers while she yaps away about her son,
