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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2014 10:23:17 GMT -5
How do you deal with a "know-it-all"?
I tend to be quiet around them.
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Post by swamp on Aug 12, 2014 10:29:18 GMT -5
smile and nod.
A certain member of the DA's office is one. I stroke his ego by agreeing with everything he says, compliment him for his thoughts on an issue, and then ask him to help me out and cut my client a break.
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Post by Shooby on Aug 12, 2014 10:32:05 GMT -5
I don't. Just ignore them. Nod your head and smile in a smug way. That annoys them.
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Aug 12, 2014 10:33:10 GMT -5
Depends on my mood. I have one of those people who drops into the office every now and then. Probably 95% of the time, I am like you - I just stay quiet and walk away when I can - go about my business. The other 5% of the time, I ask her questions I know she doesn't have the answers for. It amuses me to watch her stammer around for answers and do whatever she can to get out of directly answering the question. That's mean and I know that, but I can't help myself. I blame hormones.
I DO know it all and posers annoy me.
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Post by andi9899 on Aug 12, 2014 10:43:09 GMT -5
I usually try and ignore it. If I am in a bad mood, I will occassionally poke the bear and prove them wrong. But I ignore it for the most part.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Aug 12, 2014 10:46:33 GMT -5
The one I know is engaged to my sister and isn't usually too annoying. I do find it amusing how he's just so positive that gas was under $2 when Obama took office. No it wasn't. Hurricane Ivan put a stop to that. That annoyed me so much I almost posted a receipt I found when cleaning out on Facebook. It was from 2008 and gas was $3.60ish a gallon. I resisted though. Mostly I just smile and nod.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Aug 12, 2014 10:51:09 GMT -5
Ahh, old age has its advantages. I just tell them they don't know jack sh## and to STFU!! Hey, I never claimed to be nice
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Post by Ryan on Aug 12, 2014 10:55:20 GMT -5
I'm the type that usually gives the benefit of the doubt to people and assume, if they are speaking confidently, that they know what they are talking about. For that reason, I usually need a little time before I catch them speaking confidently about something that I know a lot about before I realize they are clueless.
I was listening to this podcast one time and the host had a guest on where he said something like "technologies like the fitbit are really possible now because the hardware has finally caught up to the software". The next podcast, he host basically uses that same exact line that his guest used and said it with utmost confidence.
Maybe I should just stop attributing information to other people by saying "Yeah, i was talking to so and so and he said that hardware catches up with software". It just sounds better if you just state it as fact.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2014 11:01:58 GMT -5
I also give people the benefit of the doubt and assume they know everything. Recently my manager was complaining about another manager's people management skills. In the past she talked bad about a different manager's style. (My manager is NOT a people person.) I just listened. Later on I was thinking about it and wondered, why does she think her skills are the only way to be Her way isn't the only way, or necessarily the best way.
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Post by Abby Normal on Aug 12, 2014 11:15:25 GMT -5
it depends on the situation and my mood. My stylist is a know it all- with her I just smile and nod.
At work, the owners son is also one. I vary between the "smile and nod" and talking way above his head to shut him up. That works really well when he starts spouting crap he knows nothing about.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Aug 12, 2014 11:18:48 GMT -5
I work with one. I just let her yak and ramble. Sooner or later her lack of skills trip her up and she winds up falling flat on her stupid face. There's no sense in trying to reason or argue with someone like this. For everything you say, they can do it better or faster; for every good or bad situation you've experienced, they've been through the same thing better or worse, and you always know less than they do.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Aug 12, 2014 11:20:54 GMT -5
I work with one. I just let her yak and ramble. Sooner or later her lack of skills trip her up and she winds up falling flat on her stupid face. There's no sense in trying to reason or argue with someone like this. For everything you say, they can do it better or faster; for every good or bad situation you've experienced, they've been through the same thing better or worse, and you always know less than they do. I used to work with one of those, so glad we're not in the same building now. This chick would sit there at lunch and read to us out of the newspaper. I could be the only one in there, with my head in a book, and she'd still do it.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Aug 12, 2014 11:26:28 GMT -5
I used to work with one of those, so glad we're not in the same building now. This chick would sit there at lunch and read to us out of the newspaper. I could be the only one in there, with my head in a book, and she'd still do it. How did you stop yourself from snatching it out of her hands, rolling it up, and smacking her with it? Or am I the only one that would have had to stifle that urge No, you're not the only one. No one that sat in the kitchen with her liked it. I liked my job more than I disliked her I suppose. But, there were days......
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Aug 12, 2014 11:36:43 GMT -5
How did you stop yourself from snatching it out of her hands, rolling it up, and smacking her with it? Or am I the only one that would have had to stifle that urge No, you're not the only one. No one that sat in the kitchen with her liked it. I liked my job more than I disliked her I suppose. But, there were days...... OMG, I would have done what Sroo suggested and admonished her, "Bad coworker! Naughty coworker!" Then I would have rubbed her nose in her lunch.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Aug 12, 2014 11:38:32 GMT -5
No, you're not the only one. No one that sat in the kitchen with her liked it. I liked my job more than I disliked her I suppose. But, there were days...... OMG, I would have done what Sroo suggested and admonished her, "Bad coworker! Naughty coworker!" Then I would have rubbed her nose in her lunch. I started taking my lunch to coincide with the end of hers. My coworker never did try to make me suffer for making her sit and listen to it.
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Post by ArchietheDragon on Aug 12, 2014 12:22:09 GMT -5
The one I know is engaged to my sister and isn't usually too annoying. I do find it amusing how he's just so positive that gas was under $2 when Obama took office. No it wasn't. Hurricane Ivan put a stop to that. That annoyed me so much I almost posted a receipt I found when cleaning out on Facebook. It was from 2008 and gas was $3.60ish a gallon. I resisted though. Mostly I just smile and nod. I think he might be right with this one.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2014 12:36:58 GMT -5
I will still get sucked into arguing with them. I make sure I am on solid ground before I do but when I know for a certainty that someone is spouting bull shit something inside just insists on calling them out for it. I'm not totally suicidal, I am much more diplomatic with people in a position to fire me, but I do express the correct information and let time prove it out.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Aug 12, 2014 14:23:57 GMT -5
The one I know is engaged to my sister and isn't usually too annoying. I do find it amusing how he's just so positive that gas was under $2 when Obama took office. No it wasn't. Hurricane Ivan put a stop to that. That annoyed me so much I almost posted a receipt I found when cleaning out on Facebook. It was from 2008 and gas was $3.60ish a gallon. I resisted though. Mostly I just smile and nod. I think he might be right with this one. He's not. Not where we live. It went over $2 and stayed there after Ivan. Period. Never saw $1.anything ever again.
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Post by ArchietheDragon on Aug 12, 2014 14:25:30 GMT -5
I think he might be right with this one. He's not. Not where we live. It went over $2 and stayed there after Ivan. Period. Never saw $1.anything ever again. But not $3.60.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Aug 12, 2014 14:32:34 GMT -5
He's not. Not where we live. It went over $2 and stayed there after Ivan. Period. Never saw $1.anything ever again. But not $3.60. That's the National AVERAGE, not what MY prices were. I did too pay that much for gas in 2008/2009
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Post by ArchietheDragon on Aug 12, 2014 14:40:45 GMT -5
That's the National AVERAGE, not what MY prices were. I did too pay that much for gas in 2008/2009 ok Ms. Know it All.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Aug 12, 2014 14:41:52 GMT -5
That's the National AVERAGE, not what MY prices were. I did too pay that much for gas in 2008/2009 ok Ms. Know it All. Nope, don't know it all, just this one thing.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Aug 12, 2014 14:43:32 GMT -5
When there is a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico gas companies raise their prices just to hedge their bets due to price gouging laws when/if area is declared a disaster. The national average doesn't mean squat. They raise it as high as they can just in case then tack on another 10%.
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Post by alabamagal on Aug 12, 2014 15:01:42 GMT -5
Obama was elected in November 2008 and took office January 2009. There was no hurricane in January 2009. Average price looks to be about $1.75.
The $3.60 receipt was probably Sept. 2008, before Obama was even elected.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Aug 12, 2014 15:07:00 GMT -5
Obama was elected in November 2008 and took office January 2009. There was no hurricane in January 2009. Average price looks to be about $1.75. The $3.60 receipt was probably Sept. 2008, before Obama was even elected. And, again, I haven't moved, I know what my gas prices have been. AVERAGE doesn't mean that's what I paid. There was no hurricane then, but our prices where I live went up after Ivan blew through (yes, in 2004) and NEVER went under $2 again. I'm using small words, why is it hard to comprehend?
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Post by greeniis10 on Aug 12, 2014 15:24:08 GMT -5
Obama was elected in November 2008 and took office January 2009. There was no hurricane in January 2009. Average price looks to be about $1.75. The $3.60 receipt was probably Sept. 2008, before Obama was even elected. And, again, I haven't moved, I know what my gas prices have been. AVERAGE doesn't mean that's what I paid. There was no hurricane then, but our prices where I live went up after Ivan blew through (yes, in 2004) and NEVER went under $2 again. I'm using small words, why is it hard to comprehend? Because this is the "know-it-all" thread? Just kidding. I don't know. I'm not involved in the gas price debate, but it struck me as funny that an "argument" resulted in just one page in a thread with this title.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2014 15:25:30 GMT -5
And, again, I haven't moved, I know what my gas prices have been. AVERAGE doesn't mean that's what I paid. There was no hurricane then, but our prices where I live went up after Ivan blew through (yes, in 2004) and NEVER went under $2 again. I'm using small words, why is it hard to comprehend? Because this is the "know-it-all" thread? Just kidding. I don't know. I'm not involved in the gas price debate, but it struck me as funny that an "argument" resulted in just one page in a thread with this title. The funnier part is that CCL said she just nods and smiles and doesn't argue about it.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Aug 12, 2014 15:28:00 GMT -5
I used to work with one of those, so glad we're not in the same building now. This chick would sit there at lunch and read to us out of the newspaper. I could be the only one in there, with my head in a book, and she'd still do it. How did you stop yourself from snatching it out of her hands, rolling it up, and smacking her with it? Or am I the only one that would have had to stifle that urge I was thinking more along the lines of shoving it down here throat. That guarantees she will no longer be able to read for a while
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2014 15:29:10 GMT -5
I met two "know-it-all's" at a recent family reunion. Fortunately there were so many nice people there to talk to that I could just avoid the know it all's.
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Post by Sunnyday on Aug 12, 2014 16:03:26 GMT -5
Because this is the "know-it-all" thread? Just kidding. I don't know. I'm not involved in the gas price debate, but it struck me as funny that an "argument" resulted in just one page in a thread with this title. The funnier part is that CCL said she just nods and smiles and doesn't argue about it. In CCL's defense, she said, "mostly" nod and smile. but carry on, it's my turn to bring the popcorn!
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