How do you deal with rude/mean co-workers?

[Silence_Walker]

Typically with incredibly hurtful, loud words.
Failing that, violence is my auxiliary method.

[Professor Alcoholic]

Disregard them and reduce their importance to nothing, or the minimum possible.
Let them know that they mean nothing/as little as possible to you, and that their attitude is utterly impotent.

[Hans My Hedgehog]

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Hans My Hedgehog

By being ruder and meaner. I obviously have some delayed growing up to do.

lets be honest here, there are a s**t ton of problems that can be quickly solved by being an immature hot head

I guess so. A lot of staff members are scared of me, so they don't bother me with their trivial bullshit problems. It's a big plus.

[Raven Winter]

Challenge them to a duel in the old style; whoever survives is vindicated.

Alternatively, just ignore the s**t out of them.

[Little Clone]

I ignore them an move on with life.

[SailorSparkles]

Make sure and don't be rude back, both of you could get on trouble then, report it to your boss if it is getting out of hand, by first try and just keep a good attitude around them and don't say anything cocky back and don't get in a fight with them~

[Shark Bacon]

Asking them exactly what their problem is with me. Trying to fix it. Telling them that we don't have to be friends, but we need to be civilized at work. If that doesn't work, I would go to my supervisor.

[MegaMuppet]

If it gets to a point where its affecting your work performance I would speak to higher ups or your HR department.

[Tsubahi]

Report the shithead, of course. smile

[Moogle Voodoo]

ignore it

[Feminist Barbie]

How to handle it depends on the work environment.

My job just has the store owner, so I don't have an HR department or anyone breathing down my neck to do or act a certain way. I'm a key holder, so I tend to close the store at night so that the owner doesn't have to come down or be there. None of my current coworkers would be mean, except one but she just gets cranky for no good reason so I give her food and she feels better. But we can be mean to new people who's behaviour we've found unacceptable, and only when telling them they need to stop and having them ignore us.

So that's something I'd look at first. Has my behaviour been poor lately? Have I been unjustly mean to someone, or too lazy (not much of a problem since we don't really care and on really slow night can take turns watching tv), am I doing something wrong?

If no, and they're just a jerk then ******** 'em. At my job I'd see who else they've been a b***h. Anywhere else I'd make a formal complaint. If it's Row, then I'd ignore and try candy later. New person, ignore and avoid (because I get to do that) and if I'm not alone we'd try to make the owner fire them. He's very nice though, so it's hard.

[sinfully_cute]

Ignore it unless it's major.

If it is major, and confronting them doesn't work, put in a complaint about harassment.

[RyaZombie]

Zartt

im actually pretty violent offline so my advice is to punch until you're respected.

*fired.

[Lilac Wood]

I've always been too busy actually doing my job to get caught up in this.