Hey gang, I am LOVING my new job. Its exactly where I need to be and everyone there is AWESOME.... with the possible execption of another new salesperson. I actually like her. She's sweet, eager, intelligent, etc. But she is a TERRIBLE one-upper. No matter the conversation, no matter if she's involved with it, she interjects and offers a piece of trivia, her personal opinion, or a story. Its totally frustrating! She dominates conversation, and as one of my coworkers put, she's afraid to have conversation when this other woman is nearby because she knows it will be taken over by the one-upper.
The best thing I can think to describe her is that she's the female version of Cliff from the TV show Cheers. Everyone know about him? If not, I can't think of another parallel
Anyhow, how does one deal with a person like this? I've never actually met one before.... always laughed at them on TV, but it never dawned on me that there are actually people like that in real life!
I doubt she'd pick up on sarcasm, but I'm not the type of person to use it anyhow. I DO like her, but if I don't find something to do/say to nip this in the bud, I think we'll all want to murder her by easter
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