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[Alexandr Korol]

— Well, let’s discuss this topic.
— That’s it, no. Okay, as usual, you are right, sorry, — and he says this to me
like that, as if, you know, with such a grievance, he says it so shortly, rudely:
okay, you are right as usual, that’s it, sorry, come on, stop. He says this as if I
am disgusting to him. And as if he is doing me such a favor, in such a format:
well okay, leave me alone, come on, okay, let’s close the conversation and
that’s it, that is with such a claim. But I do not retreat, I say to the employee:

— Wait. We need to resolve this situation.
— And what is there to resolve? — he tells me rudely.
— Well wait. Imagine, how are you acting right now? A demon has settled into
you right now. You don’t hear me at all. You twist everything as if I don’t hear
you. Plus you became angry: you are being rude to me, boorish to me, arguing
with me. And now you just want to interrupt the conversation and make
the situation look as if I will feel guilty, and you are such an angry, offended
one. Although why all of a sudden are you angry, offended, and dissatisfied?
And why should I feel this now, how dissatisfied you are with me and as if I
am bad? Why are you doing this? I should be the one angry and offended
right now, it’s just that I don’t have such qualities inside. I should be the
one angry and offended right now, it is you who are being boorish and
rude right now. It is you who are furious right now. It is you who are making
mistakes right now.
But it’s as if his thoughts turned off, but his heart didn’t turn on either,
but as if there is only this uncontrollable animal instinct in him. I see
that this person can literally send me away right now, or just hang up the
phone, and maybe even quit right now. I felt it at that moment, conducting
a dialogue with my employee. I am trying to talk to him. I say to him:

— Listen, let’s find out, what happened to you?
— And what happened? You don’t hear me.
— Wait, what should I hear? You are the employee, I am the boss. Right
now you are behaving as if you are on the side of the seller, who just wants
money faster. And he has a task so that his client doesn’t jump off. And it’s
as if you are on his side right now, not mine. That is, you are not on my side
to save my money and listen to me as needed, after all, you are my assistant.