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[gerbie]

Today I had an exchange of thoughts with my boss. This turned into a discussion, then into an argument. When at some point he made a patronizing gesture about a (valid) point I made, I decided to turn around and leave his room. I´m not arguing if my motivation is doubted. I can´t argue with incompetent people who try to win arguments on their position, who ignore knowledge and turn into macho´s. Two minutes later he came steaming into my office, shouting that this was no way of communicating and that I wouldn´t dare walk out of his office again in the middle of an argument. I seem to have hit a spot I guess. My career options within the school probably took a blow today.

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[gerbie.livejournal.com]

I don´t need to provoke him deliberately to freak him out. The fact that I know his department much better than he does is scary enough for him. That´s why this kind of thing happens way too often. Not as extreme as yesterday, but too often. This was more an ordinary day for him, then a bad day.