I've been separated from a company by someone that is a self-proclaimed asshole. After reading, I strongly consider sending hard copy of this article to the Owner (who is also the HR department), the PM, and the lead Sales guy. This is a very small company, and the one that is practically running the company for the Owner was also the self-proclaimed asshole. He openly states he is an asshole, everyone knows, and it was his prerogative to be an asshole. But I digress, the mock meeting in the article of ALL CAPS was so close to real life I had to read it twice before continuing on. I'm not software, but have been in the technology industry for a long enough time to know my way around a meeting and what's acceptable behavior in an office.

My experience in the real life meeting included the following players: myself, a install technician, the PM, and toxic man. Topic: discuss implementation options. Five minutes in, toxic man has switched to ALL CAPS and is berating the PM. This continues for almost 45 minutes, at which point he packs up and saying something to the effect of "Fuck this, I'm done" and leaves the meeting in a huff slamming the door to the conference room. The PM runs off to console toxic man and to convince him to return to the meeting. Original planned meeting length: 30 minutes. Total meeting time: almost 3 hours plus. All because someone couldn't play well in the sandbox.