How would you reply? read below.

[IrishEyes]

"duly noted, thank you!" and go on about my job.

 

[jim_slim]

I would ask “why” listen to what they say then walk away.

 

[hearlady]

Why?

Best answer IMO.

 

[moviequeen1]

I'd say' now you tell me after working together all these years' walk away

 

[gruntlabor]

I don't entertain negativity or drama. My reply would be a silent blank stare.

I get your point, Jazzy, but I don't like the idea of angering a maybe crazy person.

 

[GoodEnuff]

"Join the Club."

 

[Sunny]

About the coffee-throwing incident, this happened in the Pentagon?! Good grief, she could have started WW3!

More seriously, I presume the coffee wasn't hot. You could have been seriously burned. Even if it wasn't, it sounds to me like she committed assault against you. What is there to laugh at? I would have notified the police. Her next "acting out" rage could be worse than throwing lukewarm coffee at someone. At best, this could be the way a jealous 5-year-old might act. People don't have the right to throw anything at each other, except maybe in self-defense.

P.S. How do you get coffee stains out of a white dress? I'm curious.

 

[OldFeller]

People who are beneath you see you as a threat and try to tear you down while people who are more successful than you tend to try and pull you up.

Once I started working in a better environment with people who were equally as intelligent and better educated, I met people who better appreciated who I was. That's when I no longer ran onto the jealous types.

 

[gruntlabor]

People who are beneath you see you as a threat and try to tear you down while people who are more successful than you tend to try and pull you up.

Once I started working in a better environment with people who were equally as intelligent and better educated, I met people who better appreciated who I was. That's when I no longer ran onto the jealous types.

Some people

 

[Jackie23]

....in my younger years I would have cut them down to size, now, I would just walk away.

 

[StarSong]

Truth is, not everybody liked/likes me, nor I them. No need to utter it - we all know when we're liked and when we aren't.

I'd expect that if a coworker was that blunt and unkind, the feeling was already mutual. Displaying their poor manners would only have served to reinforce my opinion of them.

 

[hearlady]

The shoe was on the other foot in high school. At a baseball game I was not being nice to another girl in the bleachers. I didn't say, " I don't like you" but it was obvious by my snotty behavior.
She turned to me point blank
and said, "I don't know why you don't like me. I'm a nice person."
Well, she was a nice person but I was jealous. She started dating a boy I really liked. She beat me to the punch because I was so shy.
Sometimes the why is the important part.

 

[Rider77]

A good friend of mine once told me something that I think fits in this discussion. "Don't let a foolish person have space in your mind without justifying the use of the space."

 

[TeePee]

No, I didn't recognize her.

I think it was purely, a momentary impulse and we could all see that. That's why we all gasped and then laughed. I couldn't be mad it her.

I did have to go to the restroom, take it off, rinse out all the coffee, and dry it under the hand dryer,

Bless your heart! You have a good attitude. I wish I could be more like that.

 

[Medusa]

If I'd be in my sassy mood, I'd probably say "Oh thank heavens, I never liked you either!"

This is now going to be my response should someone say this to me in future. Freaking perfect.

 

[squatting dog]

 

[Rakaia]

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Sometimes I pretend I'm sober

 

[hearlady]

This is now going to be my response should someone say this to me in future. Freaking perfect.

That is a good one!

 

[Imogene]

A COWORKER LOOKS YOU DEAD IN THE FACE AND SAYS
'I don't like you.'

What's your response?

Years ago, I would have walked away and said nothing.

Today, I would say, “ fine by me, because I don’t like you either……”