Lonely_Dolphin said:
But they can take your calmly putting them down as weakness and mark as you as easy prey, someone they know they can harass without consequence, I've experienced this firsthand. I don't believe you should be nice to assholes, that will only reinforce their behavior and may even cause things to escalate, but that's just my opinion. If your way has worked for you then by all means keep at it! |
I know, i've experienced that too.
Depends on the positition you are in and experience you have on how you are able to handle those situations,in a position of authority you just need to verbally slap their hand when they go out of line but if you do not have that then sometimes a more confrontational approach is needed.
When i calmly put them down i do not really consider them thinking it is nice,it needs to have some form of impact but you do not need to become a jerk in order to do that.