I have copped plenty of workplace abuse where I work, this has come from petty people who do not perform to any level. This level of workplace gossip is counter-productive to both team and personal performance, a toxic workplace is a miserable place for everyone – they drive the pain.

That being said, I enjoy baiting the angry and miserable bastards who spend every free moment talking about me and trying to run me down. They haven’t worked out that I care little for their stupid opinions, I don’t. So, they still like to pedal their toxic vile, their lives are miserable, they don’t have much going for them, so this is their chance to feel better about themselves.

So where do we go from here? Well, I could bait them some more, that is actually fun. Mostly I ignore them, I know who they are and what they are saying, but I never respond, so that is my standard move. I do like to see the miserable faces, the look of resignation in their sunken eyes, their slow and uninspired movement, the hate that has consumed their rotten lives, their utter sadness. I don’t need to stir them up, they do it to themselves.