How Typical.

The following scenario requires a little background detail, so here goes.

I'm sitting at my desk at work this afternoon, and Mr. Boss Man (Jeff) walks in and asks us if we took care of a situation with a client. I had been gone earlier in the morning for a dentist appointment, so I had no idea what he was talking about. He then turns his attention to my co-worker, Diana, who says that she wasn't aware of this problem of sorts, but will take care of it in a minute.

Jeff then goes on to say something about "Well, he called about this before. How could you not know? I didn't even do the job and I remembered." Note condescending attitude. He supposedly remembers everything. In a nutshell, he's one of those people who's never wrong and always has an explanation for whatever might happen.

Anyway, he walks away, and now Diana's pissed off because of his attitude. I'm not happy either.

Side note: Jeff has a good friend, Abdul, who's been doing a lot of music work with him over the last few months. Mind you, Abdul is a very peaceful, kind-hearted guy who would never give anyone an attitude...

The following scenario occurs when Jeff comes back into the room a while later:

Diana: Why did you come in here with an attitude before?
Jeff: What attitude? I didn't have an attitude.
D: Yes, you did. I explained to you that [the situation] wasn't taken care of because there were no notes in the system saying that he wanted [said request], and you gave me an attitude.
J: That wasn't an attitude. It was more like an 'I can't believe you didn't know that' response.
D: Well, it didn't seem that way to me.

[Irrelevant banter continues]

D: You bitch.
J [surprised]: What? Did you just call me a bitch?
D: Yes! I call [her husband] that too when he gets all attitude-y.
J: I'm not a bitch! Abdul's a bitch. He just spent 2 hours talking on the phone with his friend this morning! What a girl!


And so goes another wonderful interaction at work... :shakes head: