I had a face off with a bully yesterday. She thought I was a
victim. Why? I'm not sure. Maybe because I'm an average woman with average
looks and her need to try and pick on someone was transferred to me. I spent my childhood with a bully who tried to
stomp on my self esteem and destroy me. Bullies are like that. By their very
nature they are weak people who try to demolish the strength of others to
make them feel better about themselves. Get a frigging self help book or see a psychiatrist
I say. Unfortunately for the bully I faced on the job, I detest bullies and I
will never put up with the rot they go on with. I stood my ground and I dealt
with her letting her know I was the absolutely wrong person to toy with. I also
reported her actions because while I can look after myself another may not be
able to and she needed to be officially stopped. Tattling? No. Someone has to
say something to stop something. She got stopped.
Today, a woman at the gym was telling me about the stress of
a bully who was making her life a nightmare. After I left her I was wondering
to myself are bullies more recognizable now? By that I mean did people in the
past just suck it up and forge ahead, saying nothing as they got on as best
they could against the bully. I don't recall an outcry against bullies in school thirty or forty
years ago. Did that allow the bullies to grow up and create more bullies to the
point that they can be found everywhere and that has caused people to stop and
think about the evil of bullies and how they should be stopped? Is it that we
understand our rights more? Do we remember as kids that one person that pushed
us too far and stiffened our resolved to never be pushed that far again?
I dunno. All I do know is if a bully tries to hurt you and doesn't
succeed, there will be a dozen more people that bully will try and attack. Stand your
ground and be the one who stops them. Yeah, it's hard work but you never want
that happening to someone else.
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