[DanielDudley]

Physician, heal thyself.

Generally, if you let a bully dominate or take advantage, they will decide that it is your fault, and that you deserve it.

I can be blunt or short, but generally I mean no harm and want to be helpful. I try to keep my side of the street clean, and I try to work with decent people for decent people. Nobody is perfect, and everybody has bad days. However, there is a big difference between a self involved person trying to manipulate their world so they don't fall apart, and a narcissistic sociopath with borderline personality issues. If you are the kind of person who gets nasty because things don't always go your way, eventually you are going to run into a wall with me. If you are having a bad day, I'll happily take the time to talk it out with you.

There are lot of people out there who are very messed up, but hide it well and are successful, so they don't care.
It isn't my job to fix them or deal with them, unless they swing their arm at my nose. If I can steer a conversation to a positive outcome or an honest resolution, I will do that. If it is just a difference of opinion about how things should be done, I will work through the chain of command. I won't work in the rat race, and I am not interested in being the king of the rats. Sociopathic backstabbers who lie to your face are the bane of the world.