How do you deal with misbehavior in the work place?

Question

The person who leaves a mess?

The gossipper?

The rude or crude one?

Answer 1

If you work for a large company then you file a detailed complaint with your HR department.  If it is a smaller company then you are going to have more difficulty with this.  1st thing you need to do is stay away from the "difficult co-worker."  The last thing you want is to be associated with a problem employee.  Talk to your manager or supervisor and explain what's going on.  Most good managers will address the issue with this employee.  If it continues they should be fired.  Gossiping, rudeness etc... disrupts the progressive flow of any business.  That should be enough for any employer to put a stop to this behavior.  When I dealt with this situation at a previous job, I told my co-worker at the time to grow-up, and start taking her job more seriously.  She didn't appreciate my comments and actually tried to make my life h**l at work.  Our boss eventually put a stop to it and she was fired.  These situations get sticky.  Good luck...

Answer 2

Smile and then beat the holly frikkin sh*t out of them at lunch.

Answer 3

The person who leaves a mess? Video camera or hire cleaning help.

The gossipper? Answer the gossiper with, "Did you know Michael Jackson is paying you to have Woody Allen's baby?" or something like that.

The rude or crude one? "In the adult workplace, we speak and act like mature adults."

Answer 4

I ignore it.  The gossipper can be fun but watch out just because you listen to them you may get wrapped up in the gossip.

Answer 5

you reverse the game, but in a positive way. once you do that, it will eventually damage the image of their character.

Answer 6

When I see people making a mess it makes think that they are lazy and selfish. I work in a lab and it pisses me off... When I see a mess, I ask "Does this need to cleaned?" And usually the response is, "Yeah, I'll do it right now." Gossipers are annoying, I just ignore it...unless it is a really juicy story. And the rude and crude, I just act the same way towards them!

Answer 7

I ask people who leave messes to please clean up after themselves.  (I say it with a smile and sometimes make a joke so as to soften what I say)

The gossipers are so dangerous.  If you make it clear that you feel gossip is for losers and don't agree with it, you're going to be the next target.  I just nod while they talk and don't say anything that will commit me.  I try to gently say something on the other person's defense: "Well, maybe she was just going through something really tough," and shrug.  I try not to tick them off and make myself the person they decide to gossip about next ("She is SUCH a SNOB.  She thinks she's better than everyone else!"), but I also don't want anyone else to think I'm also a gossip.

Rude and crude people I ignore as much as I can.  When I HAVE to deal with them, I'm not exactly RUDE right back, but I'm not overly sweet, either.  I keep a very even professional tone of diplomacy.

One thing to keep in mind at all times: everyone you work with has the potential to ruin you later.  The toes you step on today may be connected to the *** you have to kiss tomorrow.  Tread with caution.

Answer 8

There is only one way.....ignore them.  They are miserable, unhappy and very insecure people.  They do these things for attention and "love" and "rival" in the attention they get when people "bring" their bad habits to light.  They know exactly what they are doing and are quite "crafty" at doing their dirty deeds and only do them for attention.  If you would stop paying attention to their bad habits and simply ignore them they will either stop doing them or move on to someone else or choose another form of "self pity" to wallow in.  It may not work immediately, but trust me, it will work.

Peace & Love :)