We are finding out that our prime minister Gordon Brown is a bully who shouts at staff and pushes them around. One secretary was too slow in her typing so he apparently shoved her away and started working on the keyboard himself.
Brown dismissed these claims and said the only thing he ever threw around was a newspaper to the floor if he was angry. And he said he was only angry at himself, not others. (yeah sure)
Now it turns out that several of his staff have called a Bullying Helpline to try and find some way to cope.
Have you ever worked for a bully? I have several times, and it's terrible. You think it must be your fault that they are like that, and you don't have the courage to speak out because you'll lose your job. I stayed in one job with a bully for years and never realized how downtrodden I was until she got fired. Her entire team put up with her compulsiveness and bullying until one day the most mild-mannered man on the team got fed up, threw his lunch that he was about to eat into the trash can and stormed off. Then I realized how all of us had been affected, and I escalated it to a higher up. She was furious when she found out and acted deranged after that until they finally moved her away from us then she had to go.
This has been therapeutic to write. Tell me your bully story -- maybe it'll help you.
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