DEALING WITH DIFFICULT PEOPLE !

Assuming WE are NOT the difficult ones, I proceed.

Who is Difficult to handle?
In relationships or workplace the characteristics are more or less same, like …
The Bossy
The Grumpy
The Cry baby
The Slouchy

OK, I accept this is too simplistic. One can always see all the detailed sub-categories which Carl Jung and later Myers-Briggs spelt out* …

Coming to our issue of dealing –
Option 1
EXPLAIN YOUR PREDICAMENT, if they are open to reason.
Don’t ramble. Be precise what’s troubling and stop. Let them ponder over it.
If you can’t talk, write a note. Again, don’t write an essay.

Option 2
CONFRONT, if your position in the relationship permits it.  Or, even if it does NOT!
Spell out your threshold.  And be clear once it’s crossed you will take a call.

Option 3
LEAVE THE RELATIONSHIP, if both above options fail.
But prepare for consequences beforehand.

This should NOT be Option 4
SWALLOW AND MOVE ON, CURSING YOUR FATE.

*16 types based on 4 Dichotomies –
ATTITUDE  >> Extraversion  vs  Introversion ( E vs I)
PERCEPTION  >> Sensing  vs  iNtuition ( S vs N)
DECISION MAKING >> Thinking  vs Feeling ( T vs F)
RELATION TO OUTSIDE WORLD >> Judgment vs Perception ( J vs P)