[psyc]

I don’t know how to, because the usual tool - words - are off the table. Every time we speak, he monologues at length, going into the kind of detail parents use with small children. He paves over every attempt to interject or ask for clarification I actually need. And then at the very end, he listens to the first few words of my thoughts, then interrupts that he’s late to something and runs off. Every time.

[jchallis]

Life's too short to work for someone that you do not respect and does not respect you. You have limited ability to change your manager's behavior, but a lot to change that manager.