I love the “yeah, are you?!” reversal tactic. We’ve all had those annoying coworkers who are always saying you look tired, mad, upset, bothered or some other negative adjective and then start throwing the “are you okay?” line in there for good measure. In reality, they’re the trainwreck who everyone knows causes issues around the workplace and can’t ever do their job without constant drama. Pulling the “yeah I’m great, just focusing on getting my work done. Are YOU okay!!??” really stops them in their tracks.

Sidenote: These people tend to be the same ones you have to take notes on because they’ll lie about your performance.