This dude is extremely persistent about having irrelevant things his way, and when he doesn’t get it, he acts as if it were a personal attack. Do you guys have any argument or method to deal with this kind of people?

I used to say “whatever” and let him have things his way, but as I got more experienced I started to listen more to his arguments and basically respond “this makes no sense” (not with those exact words, of course).

  • @GlitterInfection
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    199 months ago

    Meeting agendas can help with this kind of thing.

    If “spend 45 minutes on a variable name argument” isn’t on the agenda, interrupt, say “that’s not what we are here to discuss” and move to the next topic.