Pushing peoples buttons

My friends husband does this to me and he doesn't know when to quit! It gets very irritating....and to the point where I get angry. he won't stop until she finally says something.....I know how you feel. I am not a button pusher...

People like that drive me crazy. I've worked with a few. Mostly I worked with people like that at Pizza Hut. Actually, the manager there always tried to start a fight between me and my boyfriend at the time because he worked there too. I don't even remember what any of the fights were about.. this was like 11 years ago.. but I remember that the GM purposely started these fights for no reason other than he could. He was married so it's not like he wanted us to break up for any reason.. he just enjoyed the drama. There was a shift manager there who liked to be an arrogant jerk just because he could. He got along with most of the guys, but I didn't like him at all. Thankfully there's nobody like that where I work now. Not to say there aren't people at work I dislike.. but for the most part the reason I dislike so many of my coworkers is because of the way they work, not necessarily the way they behave. We generally only have 2 people on at a time, so when I work with someone who is slow or sloppy or lazy, that creates more work for me, so I dislike working with those particular people. As far as behavior goes, there are only 2 girls I don't like, both college girls.. but thus far I've just dealt with their behavior and not caused an issue because I don't think they realize they're being brats.. they're just young and immature and don't know any better.

He wants you to act that way. You are new to the position and they are trying you. I think I would surprise him at every turn. If you want something to be done about it...just document. Document the things he does and says to you..give dates and times...then when he reaches the lst draw..present your documentation. I don't let people push my buttons...and I don't try to push theirs although I do my job and sometimes that pushes buttons. I always cover my bases and protect my position and choices though.

I also have a lot of those in the office. In my case, though, they're the kinds who do political bullsh!t just to make themselves look good on everybody's eyes. It's not really what I expected of the workplace because I've been hearing a lot of good things about it. Some things aren't really what they seem, even people.

The workplace is a big world. There are people with diverse character. You have people that will listen to you and do what you want. You equally have people that will not listen to you and they are prepared to hurt you. Some dangerous people will set you up in order to put you in trouble. I think this guy belongs to this group. I think you should pray to God that such a person change from is bad character and have the fear of God. Meanwhile, you can discuss your feelings with him and see whether he will change for the better.

I'm usually pretty calm especially in situations wherein there's people around. Though no there's not much people I know who I would say is 'pushing my buttons' but at times my family, who likes to joke around, can sometimes make me the butt of a joke. I know they mean well and don't mean to insult but I sometimes get a bit flustered sometimes I feel like they don't respect me enough that's why they like to tease me and such. They know me as someone who's jaded but can easily get ruffled to jokes or pranks. Though there's this guy I really like he's pretty shy and sometimes I feel like I'm pushing his buttons cause I just want to see how he reacts I don't know maybe it's a crush thing. Hmm..

I can be in both situations really, LOL. There are times when I deliberately attempt to push a button to get a rise out of certain individuals. Then, there are times when these same individuals know how to get a rise out of me. When it comes to people I work with though, I have always maintained a level where they did not know how to get to me. I always let them try and figure me out. I have never been on any job for ump teen years, but the ones I have had, I always pretty much kept to myself. It is because of stuff like you speak of that made me be that way. I didn't want anyone getting me "riled" up. It's enough when you have family and other things going on outside of work, but to have to go on the job and deal with it is just tom foolery to me.

Both. I'm usually the button pusher but I do it unintentionally. I always state comments that well get people pissed off. But I get my fair share of buttons pushed . I have a specific friend. We are both arrogant and usually clash when we are discussing specific topics. We always seem to have different opinions and since we're arrogant well we don't listen to each other. Sometimes she makes me really angry but I always let it go for some reason.