Sadly we all need to put up with difficult people sometime in one sphere or another.

If you’re not the leader then as Pete says “it all pays the same”. Yes it can be annoying, but when it comes to work I reason that I’m payed to be here X hours and how I fill in those hours is up to the boss, if he wants me to wants me to run in circles, then fine.

But when you are in the leadership position or this person is obstructing me in my pursuits, then its different. As Art_in_fl and Denis say, you can ask for cooperation and try and understand what is the reason behind the objection, sometimes the reasons behind an objection can be resolved, sometimes you can use that to persuade them to cooperate, or at least raise their objections with you and not disrupt an entire team.

… not to say I wouldn’t find a few of Sue’s suggestions agreeable … Perhaps we should all print out her list and add a few more to the bottom to blow off steam ?