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Dealing With Wacky Weirdos In The Workplace

Destructive Fun

Time and again, you’ve heard of the weirdos who wreck mayhem in the place of work. Some of their clowning are amsuing, but woe to you if their nasty jokes are directed at you. You may be able to tolerate it at first, but the repeated ‘attacks’ can wear you down to a frazzle until you feel like those miserable leather briefcases that have seen better days.

There are several sorts of wackos. They are either calculating provokers, or blase creeps who do not care about the consequences of their actions. Oh, the antics and the gross habits that they have! Most of them are mean and they like to believe that their come-on lines are cute and comical.

In most cases, victims or those who feel wronged endure the verbal, physical, or visual “assaults” stoically, rather than protest and go through the tedious process of filing complaints or endure the embarrassment of having their grievance dismissed as just one of those funny things.

Revenge of the Herd

But those who strike back unmask the ugly side of wacky weirdos who think they are just having fun and mean no harm, even when they go to the extent of damaging laptop briefcases, or farting noisily the moment you enter a room. Before they can think of hijacking leather passport cases, play at sniffing crotches, or flip booger pellets, better think of settling the score on the wacky weirdos now.

If you and your co-workers can no longer stand the malicious antics, plot grand plans to humble the perpetrator. radical actions like heating his car handle five minutes before he reaches the car can send him yelping in pain at the moment of contact with the car handle. Be sure to hide yourself well, or the joke may land you in the hotseat. Or, hide his keyboard if he’s not using a laptop, or vandalize his unofficial things and pretend you have no idea about the “theft” or vandalism. Well, he’ll take the hint.

Or, take the bull by the horns and ask him to stop pestering you with his stupid antics. If he persists, report the matter in writing to the HRD chief for action. If his pranks cross the line from inappropriate to harmful, start the legal wheels rolling.

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