Woman I work has real tough / unemotional / ‘no messing’ / ‘keeping it real’ image going on. She’s quite sneery / impatient with people with a more gentle / thoughtful personality, and her general attitude seems to be that pretty much everyone is weaker / softer / sillier than she is. She conveys this in her manner, rather than words. I get the feeling that there is some sort of insecurity at the root of this persona of hers, because truly confident and ‘tough’ people, in my experience, don’t act like they have something to prove all the time.
Anyway, I was just wondering if anyone else recognises my description here and has worked with somebody similar / has any advice?
I have never met anyone like her before (although she is reminiscent of a few Police protagonists in crime dramas I have seen). I find her abrasive /dismissive and her attitude gets my back up, but I do want to find a way to get along with her as we work together quite a lot.