A mother and Child (Getty Images) Over the course of my career so far, I’ve had plenty of difficult coworkers. There was one who seemed to be my friend but one day decided to ostracise me, leading me to eventually leave my job in part due to the difficult conditions they created. Then there was another tyrant in a subsequent job, a person who rolled her eyes at my ideas and who would fly off the handle at the slightest provocation But one coworker takes the biscuit altogether.

He doesn’t respect breaks, insisting his needs come first even if you’ve been working like a Trojan all morning and you’re just resting for two minutes. He can also have a temper if you don’t carry out the task he desires at a moment’s notice. He’s even eaten my lunch out of the fridge, the cardinal sin of the workplace.

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