Re: Coworker who won't take no for an answer

["Edgar D' Souza" <edgar -dot- b -dot- dsouza -at- gmail -dot- com>]

On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 6:31 PM, Blount, Patricia A
<Patricia -dot- Blount -at- ca -dot- com> wrote:
> That stops now.

You go, lady! :-) That's great news...

> to the exchange. She believes he's merely the stereotypical egg-head
> type who's never looked up from his Dungeons & Dragons character sheets
> long enough to learn how to deal with real people.

Your manager is smart! :-) The course of action she has advocated is a
really wise one, I feel, because it means that you are being
unequivocal about your refusal, but are not blowing up the geek's
career if he just happens to be severely socially impaired, and not
really a major creep.

> Be that as it may, I feel "in control" of the situation for the first
> time.

And that is really a great feeling - don't let go of it, and don't
cede the control!!

Regards
Ed.
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