Do you ever try to "force a relationship" with family or coworkers?

[artsyguy]

But some people don't read body language well. You have to just say "I'd like to get back to work now and talk less"

Originally Posted by sponger42

. People send polite cues in their bodylanguage if they don't want to talk to you. If you're so rude as to ignore their wishes, then you deserve the bad treatment they give you, trying to get you to go away so they can get some work done.

[Twinkle Toes]

Originally Posted by Dbledeez

If the guy's a jerk to everyone at work, and everybody knows it, everybody complains to each other about it, they all just keep on takin' it but nobody wants to say anthing about it........yes, call him out.....in a way that's not humiliating but meant to be funny or whatever...it takes skill. Actually, the people who've been taking his b.s. everyday WILL have respect for the person with the guts to deal with it.

No matter how much "skill" you think you may have, rude is rude. Calling someone out ... in public ... is rude. There is no "polite" or "funny" way to do this. What you are doing is playing the "big me, little you" game and that doesn't fly with most people.