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J.R. wrote:I've just come over all 'unnecessary ' !!

Hands off! She's MINE!!!!

I must admit to having recently fallen in love with Kate Silverton.

I think it's something to do with the glasses !

That's absolutely fine, JR. You can have Kate and I'll have FB. Happy days.

Should have found this thread sooner. Thank you all for advice and support, especially Marty. Am lying low at the moment, writing everything down. 'Mr. Mainwaring' (using a nickname cuts him down to size, really - although he's small and busy enough to start with) seems to be bending over backwards to be 'nice' but whenever I find myself in a meeting with him I end up wondering what on earth he's talking about. So does 'the boss' who has a longstanding habit of leaning back and letting his eyes glaze over when he's bored or fed up - he's done that more than once in various 3-way meetings this week!
Watch this space!

If you're calling him Mainwaring now it wont be long til he becomes Napoleon!!! Good luck, Kerren and remember, they don't like it up 'em!

Unfortunately Kerren you do have to stand up to them.

Some years ago, I experienced a 'lady' line manager, one above me, though younger in years. She was patently a 'feminist' and made it obvious. Little old me, (6ft-2"), made quite plain, though not rudely, that I objected to her attitude and her stance on men in general.

A few days later, she invited me for a drink after work. "Oh-Ho", I thought, "Here it comes !"

She started off about my general attitude and I let her go on and on for a few minutes. When she paused, I pointed out we were 'off-duty' and 'socialising', and that I was going to have my say.

I told her my attitude was in no way directed at her personally, but that I was 'old-school', and would not be talked down to by a man, let alone a woman.

We agreed to work together in harmony, which we did for about a year until she was transfered. It's amazing what straight face to face negotiation can achieve, though I still hate 'feminists'.

Thanks JR and Marty. As I said, watch this space....
I've had a peaceful day today.. he's been out playing with 'the big boys' (Senior Managers' Awayday). I'd be surprised if he didn't p*ss some of them off as well, with his bustling self-importance and self-righteous, never ending advice and information about how things were done in his previous University.
Napoleon.. yes, I'd forgotten that!!

Remember Kerren - If he really IS a Mainwaring type, somewhere at home there is an Elizabeth, giving him hell !!

J.R. wrote: I told her my attitude was in no way directed at her personally, but that I was 'old-school', and would not be talked down to by a man, let alone a woman.

Quite right too, JR. That certainly told her. Who on earth did she think she was?

Ajarn Philip wrote:

J.R. wrote: I told her my attitude was in no way directed at her personally, but that I was 'old-school', and would not be talked down to by a man, let alone a woman.

Quite right too, JR. That certainly told her. Who on earth did she think she was?

Ah.... it wasn't just me then, Phil

As this thread has gone quiet hopefully you and Captain Mainwaring have come to an understanding Kerren?

Don't ask......... Life is ghastly

Yesterday he held a meeting to introduce three of his 'team leaders' to a new Faculty Manager. I was not involved as I had met with the bloke in the morning.
I'm told he held the floor, bumptiously, describing what each of those teams actually do - but when for the umpteenth time he said 'of course, at Surrey University we did it a different (?better?) way.....', the FM said quietly 'Some people would find that offensive'. The comment was totally ignored, and Napoleon sailed on.