annoying colleague

Well, in every office , there is always an office monster. And your colleague is one of them. It's a good thing that you have kept your cool my friend. Keep it up! Let him do the bragging, so when he fails it will be to his discredit.

oh, lots and lots of it. the nature of my job involves coordinating with different people in different departments. imagine dealing with stupidity, false ego, pride, falsehood, rejection without reason, intrigues, etc. you name it, we have it. if one is new in an organization, you have to study the individuals that play in it. you don't have to shove your way of doing things the right way at once. study. study. if you learned the ways, play it according to their rules but be sure it is not you who'll fail or loose in the end. playing fair in this kind of game will never work especially if the players are already there playing for years ahead of you. be sure that you will learn to find a way to have it your way without them knowing they're already playing along with you. do not oppose, just listen, then agree 'kunwari' but with a 'but' then your strategy. there are lots of ways doing it actually. i just gave you one. good luck.

I cannot stand talking to someone that acts like they know everything, there is a huge difference between cockyness and confidence. Even if a person is confident in what they know, they need to be fair and listen to the other persons point of view. Good for you that you didn't snap and punch him in the face though HAHA, I know sometimes it's tempting! When I'm faced with a person who thinks they know everything I don't bother arguing because this causes them to open their mouth even more which would cause annoyance again.

oh.. people like this man you described is very common everywhere and not only in the workplace. =) i guess you just have to deal with him and increase your patience. you need not worry much about him because by the looks of it, his actions already sold him out to you that he does not know everything, but rather he talks about everything because that is how he is trying to mask his insecurities. =)

Lol i have not been in a situation like that and we always had nice group work sometimes. I do agree that many times people are sticking to what they are doing though they are on the wrong. I would say you did the right thing not to say much. Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful day ahead.

Good thing you can keep your cool, don't raise your bait, after all after all his bragging and then he fails, he will be the one who embarassed and discredited. In that way you avoid conflict and if he's incompetent he'll make a shame for himself.

I think there should be a moderator or someone who should preside over the meeting. In your case, you said there are only two of you so it is very hard for you to see both sides of the issue because I am sure that you will both claim to have the better idea. It is better to have a third party to listen and act as moderator.

hi jmm, Well if he is Mr, Knows know everything then let him be but if something went wrong it will be blame on the whole group. I can't stand this kind of person I just shut my mouth and let them do everything since they know everything welcome to mylot

Well that usually happens in every office. I did experienced it once in a while so I learned to ignored to avoid any complicts in the end. I dont want to get bothered as long as I know what is really right. But there will be times that we have stand for what we know is right for them not to act like that every time. Sometimes being quiet and ignoring what they do will give them more guts to continues what they do. So it is not wrong to stand for wht we know is right and better sometimes.

Every office has a jerk in it, sometimes two or three jerks You did the right thing in staying in control. Now your co-worker knows that he can push your buttons, so you've got to be on guard. You don't want to punch him in the face in the future because A) he'll have a broken nose, and B) you'll be out of a job!! Can't have that. You need to play it cool for awhile, you said that at first you were throwing out arguments, so now he knows that he gets under your skin. It is a very good thing that you have control of your ego, because he might come around and test you again in the very near future.

I am a college student, however, I always have the similar problem with you. Sometimes in order to finish the homework, I have to discuss with my classmates in groups. At that moment, some of them will regard their words are always right and ignore others' opinion. I will be irritated when they set aside my opinion totally and carry out their plans without other group members' agreement.