Theory: Show No Reaction or Anger to Their Evil

Theory: Show No Reaction or Anger to Their Evil

Victims of a sick organization must not show any reaction or anger at their attacks, hissy fits, slanders, and dirty tricks, but must remain calm, even if some bully nut spits in one's face during a hissy fit. The apparent no effect of their evil on the victim will drive the bullies/leaders of the sick organization crazy. A prime example of this type of passive resistance is Mahatma Gandi, who drove the British Empire crazy, and is now one of his nation's heroes.

Bully bosses feed off the reactions to their evil actions -- no reaction can cause them to increase their evil in hope of getting a reaction, but repeated (long term) no reactions by the victim will probably lead to less vicious attacks since they are no longer expecting /anticipating a reaction (as with Gandi).

The bullies in a sick organization will torment their victims in about any way they can. Some of the many things they might do: try to humiliate you or correct you in front of others, make you clean up after another's mess, give you the dirtiest jobs they can, make you work long hours, isolate you from others, steal your ideas and findings, leave you nasty notes, threaten your job and career frequently, try to make you a slave to their wants, have a hissy fit in your face, put their wagging finger in your face, get abusive if they do not get their way, take credit for your ideas or work, give someone else the credit for your ideas or work, slander you to students/interns and fellow workers, reduce your salary, reduce your benefits, take away your workers, take away your work locations, deny use of a computer, deny use of equipment, deny use of a secretary for typing, put a spy in your work crew, refuse your use of comp time, refuse sick time off, subject you to kangaroo court hearings and judgements, make you do things no one else has to do, call you crazy, make fun of you, accuse you of things you did not do, try to make you quit daily, and many, many more things that can torment you, deprive you of sleep at night, make you have bad dreams, make you sick, and cause a weak partner to leave you. You still must show no reaction or anger.

After they have done you some evil, keep records of their evil to use as potential ammo back at them on violating organization handbook, or laws. A record of the actions, sayings, witnesses, etc. of a bully can indicate the truth about a tormenter/bully and may help save your skin later. The daily "memo of record" should be kept on your body during working hours (keep it secure) and in a place away from your home after hours (a bad partner can use it against you during a split, or steal/destroy it if joining forces with sick organization against you). Remember that one of the worse things a sick organization tries to avoid is public exposure and negative publicity, and that is your main potential threat weapon against them.

You must have the threat of exposure available to use against them, but should avoid using exposure unless absolutely necessary. Once you expose them there will be a big fight, and since they have much more power than you in politics, media, and the organization in question, the "fix" is usually in to just get rid of you for any number of reasons they can make up or point to. Also, once you expose them you will have used at least part of your evidence against them and may not have enough big dirt (evidence) left to follow through in a lawsuit, hearing, investigation, etc.

Always give the higher bosses the first shot to try to correct a wrong ....... If they do something to correct the problem then you are ahead, if they do nothing to address a violation of the organization handbook, or some local, state, or federal law then you have MORE ammo you can use against them later. And you must have a good record so they cannot use that against you.

If you have reached your limit of bullying, lying, dirty tricks, and BS, then you have to decide (1) if you are willing to continue to take it (be their slave) and stay at the organization, (2) if you have enough evidence against them for wrongdoing to hold them at bay until you can retire or think of another way out, (3) if you can stand the stress of legal stuff if you try to expose their wrongdoings, or, (4) if it would be best to fold up and leave the sick organization.

If you show a reaction or anger they might try to use that against you in an insubordination charge against you. One must eat a lot of crow and take a lot of BS to survive for long in jobs today in all the many sick organizations around us.

Adrian R. Lawler, Ph.D.,    (C) 2012 --