Have him burnt alive by dragons
There's a guy in my office who isn't even my boss but he's the most irritating, patronising and lazy sod I've met in a long time. And he's got a very over-inflated sense of self-importance which is highly unjustified. And he always leaves the office early every afternoon, making out that he's been in early or is doing work related errands. Grrr.

Makes me angry. Hence, dragons.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 15:43, 1 reply, 17 years ago)

Big-fish-in-little-pond syndrome
I know what you mean ... seen it before. Easy way to deal with them, they normally make their own rope to swing from so if they insist on talking over everyone and taking the lead the whole time even if they have no idea what they are doing ... let them. Defer to them. Ask their advice. Then, when it all goes wrong (inevitably), you become the invisible background guy and they get the blame.

My advice: Never be the man in charge ... be the man whispering advice to the man in charge. You'll last a lot longer!
(hangableautobulb is an anagram of the best album ever, on, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 16:11, Reply)