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Samantha, welcome to the program. Oh hi Dr. Laura. I'm so excited to be on the air. Long time

listener first time caller. My dilemma has to deal with a topic that you brought up over the last

couple of weeks a few times. This idea of how best it is to deal with bullies. And my particular

situation is a workplace bully. It is a situation where in my organization this particular person

was in her opinion she feels as if she was slided and passed over for a promotion which I am now

currently in the running for. And she feels the need to make you know sarcastic snide comments.

Try to really simple. This is really simple. Especially each time she does this, whether it's

with you alone or in front of other people especially in front of other people. Keep a record.

And number two each time say the same thing. Yeah I can see this is terribly upsetting. You

ought to go to HR and file a complaint that you were looked over you know you didn't get a

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