Every office has one. You know, that guy who loves to find mistakes that you've made, and bring them to your attention. OK, you're thinking "So? It's good to know when you've missed something". Well yes. It is. But when he copies every. single. person. in. the. office to say "Hey, you forgot to dot your i on page 227 of that 400 page report that you wrote!"? Not so much.
The dilemma here is how do you retaliateImeanrespond? A Reply All stating "Your mother obviously spent too much time smoking crack and not enough time teaching you manners" would be ill-advised. A reply to only him saying the same thing could also potentially be used against you in future performance reviews.
I'm thinking more subversively than that. What about going through every single email you can find in order to follow up on obscure crap that doesn't *really* matter but should be addressed, eventually, and asking hey, why hasn't this been addressed yet? Not copying everyone else on these follow ups just yet, but maybe next week, if a suitable response hasn't been received.
Is that bitchy? Or just fair payback?
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