Whatever I say, whatever I contribute or bring up in discussions this colleague tells me I’m wrong, “thats not quite right”, well no, that’s not the point here”, etc etc.
They are extremely details driven so if I say for instance the rain last night has meant that my garden is flooded this morning “ (ankle deep in watery mud) the immediate response is “well no, it’s not flooded is it, it’s probably a bit waterlogged but it’s not flooded”.
Consequently I can’t have a conversation with them about anything.
I was just talking about a meeting coming up with travel, all fine but they then asked why I hadn’t booked travel yet, and then went off to find the email with the invite to the meeting so they could tell me how long I’d left it..
They are not a manager, (possibly ADHD, so many traits but not diagnosed or even aware of the traits it seems)
They dominate meetings, interrupt and talk over people/ me constantly.
I can’t avoid them, we work closely but jeez it’s hard going.
Any wisdom?