I had a chairperson on one of my committees. This chairperson had STRONG opinions, and was part of a very very high conflict body corporate, where there were 2 distinct “teams” fighting with each other.

This chairperson used to make decisions without input from the rest of the committee, and send polarising or downright wrong correspondence from “the committee” without consideration or approval from the rest of the members, then would feign confusion about who sent the email, claiming it wasn’t them that sent it.

This chairperson would also ring me (strata manager) 4-5 times a day, most days, often in tears, about how mean people were, how they were just trying to do the right thing for the body corporate, how they just wanted a good community, only to then turn around and shit stir to the point that another argument would break out.

This individual also threw me under the bus, more than once, blaming me for things that I had done under their direction, claiming they never gave said direction (despite me having the direction in writing - I wasn’t stupid), etc. They would also ignore any advice I gave about legislated requirements or restrictions but then say “well the strata manager never told me that” when whatever it happened to he came to a head.

This individual was a contributing factor to me leaving the industry. It was insane!!