Dealing With Difficult People — Emotional Intelligence in English | B1-B2

But first, before we get to the vocabulary and the specific phrases, we have to talk about the cast of characters we're dealing with here.

The dreaded ensemble cast.

The unwanted ensemble cast, exactly.

The source casually breaks them down into seven really recognizable social labels.

And as I read these, you are definitely going to picture specific people in your life.

I'm already picturing them, honestly.

Right.

So first you have the interrupter, the person who literally will not let you finish a single sentence.

No, the

worst.

Then there's the complainer who just swims in negativity all day.

And the drainer, that's the person who just completely zeroes out your social battery the second they walk in the room.

Yeah, drainer is exhausting.

They just take and take.

Totally.

Then we have the people pleaser gone wrong, the one who agrees with you to your face but then messes things up behind the scenes, the know-it-all, obviously, the boundary pusher who treats the word no like a light suggestion.

Like a challenge, really.

Yeah, a challenge.

And finally, the absolute classic, the passive aggressive person.

Oh, wow.

Yeah.

The heavy size, the rolling eyes, just a nightmare dinner party right there.

Right.