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" \n The bitchy move: She trashes your idea in front of your boss. Your response: Say, &amp;quot;I thought about that, but then I realized...&amp;quot; and calmly defend your suggestion. Then move on. Why it works: She&amp;#039;ll know you&amp;#039;re not a pushover, and your boss will be impressed that you stood your ground without getting catty. The bitchy move: She constantly says things like &amp;quot;Wow, you look so tired today&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;Are you feeling sick?&amp;quot; Your response: Tell her, &amp;quot;Oh, well I feel great. I got up early to go for a run/get ahead of deadline/take a yoga class/etc.&amp;quot;  Why it works: It gets across two things: 1) You don&amp;#039;t give a crap what she thinks about how you look, and 2) You&amp;#039;re way more busy and accomplished than she is (even if all you really did was stay in bed and hit snooze).  The bitchy move: She doesn&amp;#039;t pull her weight on a joint project and expects you to do everything. Your response: Say this, &amp;quot;Listen, I know you&amp;#039;re swamped, but let&amp;#039;s come up with a plan to divide things evenly, otherwise we&amp;#039;ll both look bad.&amp;quot; Why it works: If you flat out tell her that you think you&amp;#039;re doing everything, she&amp;#039;ll get defensive. This way, she&amp;#039;ll get the message without shutting down on you. But if she still flakes, send your boss an e-mail once the project is complete. Tell her how much you enjoyed working on the project, especially [insert all of the things you did on your own], and you&amp;#039;d love to do similar assignments in the future. Your boss will be able to read between the lines. The bitchy move: She invites everyone to an office happy hour...except you. Your response: E-mail a coworker you&amp;#039;re friendly with, and say you heard that everyone&amp;#039;s hanging out after work and you&amp;#039;d love to join. Why it works: You&amp;#039;ll connect with your other colleagues, so they&amp;#039;ll extend the invite to you next time. And while you&amp;#039;re being charming and fabulous and having a blast with everyone else, she&amp;#039;ll see that her scheme was NBD for you. The bitchy move: She takes credit for your idea in a meeting. Your response: Jump in the conversation and point out a way to make it even better.  Why it works: If you called her out, your boss would think you&amp;#039;re whiny. With this approach you come across a team player...plus you get the satisfaction of one-upping her. Source: Alexandra Levit, career expert and author of New Job, New You: A Guide to Reinventing Yourself in a Bright New Career "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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