Have you ever had to deal with someone who is manipulative and loves to cause trouble? Every office or school has a troublemaker, and causing drama is their unique calling. Having to deal with a troublemaker can make you not want to attend an event, work, or school.
Troublemakers like to stir up controversy by spreading gossip and starting rumors about people, and then they turn around and act all innocent, claiming they were only trying to help the situation.
Here are a few snappy comebacks to let the troublemaker know you are onto them and their manipulative behaviour.
What to say to a troublemaker
- Congratulations on your ability to create drama out of absolutely nothing.
- Don’t tell me what they said about me, tell me why they were so comfortable saying it around you.
- I see you brought your extra large spoon to stir up trouble.
- You don’t like drama? Funny how your name comes up as executive producer on every single episode around you!
- I am returning your nose. I found it in my business.
- Stop creating a drama and then complaining about it.
- It is actually pretty easy not to be a shitty human being. Try it sometime.
- So, let me get this straight, you talk shit about me then you make it into MY problem when I say something.
- If drama follows you wherever you go. Maybe you are the drama.
- I hope one day you choke on all the shit you talk.
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How to respond if someone calls you arrogant
Arrogance is defined as thinking that you are superior to others and that you are in some way special. It is an insult to be called arrogant by those around you, but often people mistake arrogance for confidence.
Chris was a new stockbroker, he wasn’t a big producer but he was certainly trying to become one. He bought an expensive suit to wear to work and he was trying to project a new air of confidence. Things were going well at work for Chris but his mom thought he was getting a little big for his britches, she believed that he was becoming arrogant. Chris was trying to and act as if, to possess the quality of confidence before he even had it.
You certainly cannot control what other people of think of you, people have their own perceptions. Don’t twist yourself into a pretzel trying to please all the people in your life, 30 percent of the people will love you, thirty will hate you and thirty percent won’t care.
When you are going through a growth stage in your life, not everyone is going to appreciate the new confident you.
If you get told off for being arrogant, you can use one of our clever comebacks below.
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Comebacks for being called condescending
A condescending person gives the impression that they are superior to others. They may act as if they are superior at work or school and treat people in a patronizing manner.
Next time someone complains that you are being condescending, use one of our great comebacks below.
Do you have an even better comeback? If so, let us know and leave a comment below.
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Top Ten Comebacks for Jerks
We have all met a jerk who makes every situation difficult and never realizes that they are the problem. You don’t have to try to win over the haters; after all, you are not the jerk whisperer. Life is way too short to spend your valuable time dealing with jerks. Sometimes a jerk will have it out for you for no reason. They may verbally attack you, belittle you in public, or embarrass you.
I went to pick up my nephew from school one day. One of the parents, a 40-year-old jerk, was on the playground. I had heard about him from others, putting kids down while elevating his own kid to look better.
My nephew was applying to a high school that was challenging to get into at the time. This guy said to him, “Do you really think that you will be in the 20 percent who will get accepted?” I just couldn’t believe that an adult could be so unkind to a kid!
If you can get the jerk out of your life, do so as soon as possible. Don’t waste your precious time thinking about the idiot.
If you get tired of putting up with the jerk and their nasty behavior, here are a few snappy comebacks to let them know they need to back off.
Top ten snappy comebacks for jerks
- You have the rest of your life to be a jerk, why not take today off?
- Jesus loves you but everyone thinks you’re a jerk.
- Oh, I heard you. I just don’t care.
- Remember that time you shut the f*uck up? Me neither
- The jerk store called, they’re running out of you.
- I would love to insult you but I’m afraid I wouldn’t do as well as nature did.
- You’re the reason nobody likes you.
- You’re like a hemorrhoid, a pain the ass who won’t go away.
- I love the sound you make when you shut up.
- Your dick belongs in your pants, not your personality.
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I received this email from a jerk
This email made me laugh because this guy was such a jerk and yet he couldn’t see it.
He comes to a website with free content and then complains he has to scroll down slightly on his phone. Talk about first world problems, imagine if Mark had to walk a mile to a well to get water for his family.
It would have taken him a lot longer to find the web page to submit a comment than to scroll down past a couple of lines of text. We all have a choice of how we chose to spend time on this planet, some petty people spend their lives majoring in minor things.
Everyone has to deal with haters in their lives. I sent Mark the following message.
I should have said, “You have the rest of your life to be a jerk, why not take today off?”
They say that every bad situation contains the seed of good as well. I was thinking of ways to expand my content and Mark has just given me the idea to share emails from morons to prove a point.
Thanks, Mark!
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Justin Timberlake had to deal with a lot of jerks in high school
Singer Justin Timberlake wasn’t so popular growing up because he preferred music to football and in the
state of Tennessee, where he grew up, that just wasn’t considered cool. He’s pretty popular with the ladies now, but he reveals he was picked on all the time at school and he had I had terrible acne and weird hair. When Justin was on the Ellen Dengeneres show he said, “The thing about life … is …… is … everything … you feel makes you weird is essentially what’s gonna make you sexy as an adult…. When you’re a kid I think you try so hard to fit in and when you get older you realize that fitting in isn’t really the thing that’s more interesting…. I would not be here if I would have listened to the kids who told me I was a terrible singer and I was a sissy…. Be different.”
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Top Ten Comebacks for People who Keep bothering You
Dealing with annoying people is an inevitable part of life. There will be times you need to stand up for yourself and times when it is better to walk away. After all, you don’t have to attend every argument you are invited to.
Difficult people usually have the same behaviour around other people, not just you. You can start wondering why this is happening to you, but it is their problem. They probably have many difficult relationships in their life.
If someone is continually bothering you, it is important to set boundaries and let the person know. You can let them know what you find acceptable, what you don’t, and what you are not willing to tolerate.
Maya had spent a year dealing with her negative father who would contradict everything she said and continually make negative judgments about her life. She had learned to stop reacting to the criticism, but when her father crossed the line, she always had a few one-liners in her pocket to let her dad know his behaviour was not OK.
Here are some snappy comebacks to let the person know that you want to be left alone.
Top Ten Comebacks for People who Keep bothering You
- Please do not disturb I am disturbed enough already.
- Please don’t interrupt me while I’m ignoring you.
- How do I block you in real life?
- You’re like a hemorrhoid, a pain the ass who won’t go away.
- If I throw a stick, will you go away?
- No…you’re not bothering me. In fact, I stopped listening to you about 10 minutes ago!
- You go girl! And don’t come back!
- Don’t think of it as goodbye. Think of it as a chance to stop bothering me.
- Go away, I’m too sober to deal with you.
- Please go away I’m introverting.
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