An AMOG at our work today told my colleagues. that I am the "most sly, sneakiest bastard he has ever met". I am faaaar from being that. How do I recover from this?

darkrood · 2015-10-01T04:15:10+00:00

You can't, and you don't. If you co-worker are that impressionable by few sentences when not knowing you, then you really don't want them to be your friends anyway.

Some people like to mouth on others on totally unrelated things not based on reality, that just makes them losers.

Do you think Bill Gates or Obama would just randomly spew whatever that pops into their head and laugh about it like it's nothing? NO, because they are someone and their words carry weight. Heck, Bill can just jokingly said: "Apple is talking to me about adding me into their management team." Tomorrow, you will see the stock price of Apple reflect that comment.

Next time if someone is spewing something totally untrue and not based on reality, just smirk and look at them from the corner of your eyes and be like "sure..." then continue doing your work. Don't stoop down to loser level, because their words really have no impact.

Most important question is, how do you improve on yourself in social life?

FrameWalker · 2015-10-01T02:26:31+00:00

Read about powertalk in the sidebar. Use it to communicate

RedCML · 2015-10-01T07:38:47+00:00

You can't combat that. Unless you are a sly, sneaky bastard.

The best response is to say casually, "Yeah, coming from AMOG I'm not surprised he said that. You know how he is." And just not say anything else. If pressed, just say that you don't like to talk about people behind their backs.

I wouldn't have been offended if someone said that about me. I'd Agree & Amplify.

drallcom3 · 2015-10-01T09:54:45+00:00

If you aren't a sly, sneaky bastard chances are that everyone knows you aren't and he makes himself a look like a fool.

Or just report it to HR.

secret_barber · 2015-10-01T14:53:43+00:00

Personally, I would laugh and agree & amplify. However, you are not me. All you can do is keep improving yourself and don't worry about what anyone else thinks or says.

DoctorCrackhead · Thu Oct 1 0:35:32 2015 UTC

Stop being a pussy.

Title	An AMOG at our work today told my colleagues. that I am the "most sly, sneakiest bastard he has ever met". I am faaaar from being that. How do I recover from this?
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Date	October 1, 2015 12:26 AM UTC (10 years ago)
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