My manager is very short on people skills...
...he wouldn't know tact if it fell on him. Most of the time though this manifests itself in him appearing to be stunningly ignorant, rather than tactless. Recent examples include:

Walking over to my desk, replying to my cheery "Morning!" with a deep inhalation of breath, then "Yeah. About this spreadsheet..."

Walking off in the middle of a conversation without acknowledging that either me or my friend had spoken, because one of us had inadvertently told him what he needed to know.

My current favourite - I was off last week, and emailed him on Wednesday to say that one of my friends had died and I needed time to attend the funeral this coming Thursday. He emailed back "That should be okay, I'll talk to you on Monday".
I've now been at w*rk for 4.5 hours, he's seen me plenty of times and still hasn't actually spoken to me at all, let alone about the funeral.



/Length? Not that long... but it seems much longer when neither of you speak
(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Mon 7 Nov 2011, 13:36, 12 replies)

Had an IT Director who did that..
Did the whole walking off thing. Once you got to the point he needed to know... Or if you were rambling too much, he'd just walk off.
He was an older guy, and as such everyone seemed to respect/fear him. Even my boss was like "Well you have to get to the point when talking to Paul, he doesnt have time!" Like that is an excuse for just being simply rude!
(Boom- Clicks on NSFW links at work., Mon 7 Nov 2011, 13:56, closed)

Doesn't sound rude so much as Asperger's.

( .Yeti., Mon 7 Nov 2011, 14:11, closed)

I have wondered this

(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Mon 7 Nov 2011, 14:30, closed)

Is Asperger's becoming the new ADD?
i.e. just an excuse for being anti-social / rude?
(anonymousreality tickled your fancy on, Mon 7 Nov 2011, 14:53, closed)

there's an actual condition now called 'oppositional defiance disorder'.
i think it used to be known as 'not doing what you're bloody well told'.
( janet aylia y'all motherfuckers need jesus, Mon 7 Nov 2011, 15:01, closed)

I think Rage Against the Machine did a song about that...
(anonymousreality tickled your fancy on, Mon 7 Nov 2011, 15:06, closed)

I had to Wiki that
I'm stunned it's an actual condition... There are no shitheads anymore, everyone has a bloody illness!
(MrBiscuits, Mon 7 Nov 2011, 22:54, closed)

correction - a bloody illness that is arbitrarily defined by a loose set of 'symptoms' that are largely self-reported. It's fucking insanity..!..oh...wait..
(Gritty, yet fluffy. kipperpillock is obsessed with me =), Tue 8 Nov 2011, 5:02, closed)

Have you considered the possibility
that he might just really not like you? Just putting it out there
(TheManWithThePlan cussed your mum on, Mon 7 Nov 2011, 14:59, closed)

Haha, yes I've postulated this on many an occasion :D

(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Mon 7 Nov 2011, 15:34, closed)

:P

(TheManWithThePlan cussed your mum on, Mon 7 Nov 2011, 15:40, closed)

Management
Is actually quite easy. Just think how you would want someone to speak to you in any particular situation, and go with that. Also remember a manager's job is not to do the task themselves, but to ensure the task is done by the appropriate staff member to an acceptable standard. I don't need an MBA to say this.
(Classic Ray, Mon 7 Nov 2011, 23:27, closed)