December 27, 2023
KEY PRESSURE POINTS TO EFFICIENTLY DEFENESTRATE™
👍 Make them feel as if they are walking in tar where they are normally zooming through life.
👍 Mess with their expectations of reality with items that they are generally comfortable with such as household maintenance tasks, bureaucratic paperwork and tying their shoes so they do not trip over. Try placing some slimy oil on their shoelaces. Slow them down by doing that to their children's shoelaces. Mix garlic powder into their coffee when they are not looking so They they will have to remake it, which impedes efficiency.
👍 Make sure that you tell them that you were the culprit to their slow demise, after they have yelled at their innocent shoes and coffee.
👍 Try to force them into deep uncertainty by knowing that they are not at their most comfortable with highly emotional people. Bring on uncertainty and stress in highly charged, emotionally expressive situations. Become extremely dramatic about things that make little sense to be upset about (“It’s raining and I don’t want it to rain, so my life is ruined for the rest of eternity”). As the Director will be unable to assist, they will become frustrated beyond belief.
👍 Making them feel useless which will lead to them distancing themselves from you.
👍 Reveal yourself to be as aimless as a leaf in the wind. When they ask about your five-year plan, just shrug and mumble something about “going with the flow”. Watching the Director react to a lack of goals is like watching a computer try to divide by zero – it does not compute and it is bound to generate some serious error messages.
👍 Turn whining and whinging into an Olympic sport. Complain about everything, from the weather to the way the cookies crumble, literally. The more inconsequential, the better. Remember, the Director holds a strong disdain for whiny behaviour. Comparatively speaking, enduring your constant griping will begin to feel like sitting through a root canal procedure.
👍 Flaunt your incompetence like a proudly earned badge. Forget how to do basic tasks, such as operating the microwave and ask them to help you each time. While you are at it, make sure to regularly forget crucial appointments and deadlines. This will have your Director questioning whether they have accidentally adopted a full-grown idiot adult.
👍 Embrace laziness with open arms. Spend your days lounging around, making an art out of procrastination. Resist their attempts to get you off the couch with the determination of a sloth in slow motion. This is guaranteed to make your Director's eyes twitch faster than a caffeinated rabbit.
👍 Lack any form of conviction in your decisions. Waffle between options like a squirrel in the middle of the road. Show them that firm decisions are as foreign to you as the concept of fun is to a rock. The Director will be packing their “Oh I have had enough” bags quicker than you can say “indecisive”.
E. Hunter™ comment:
In decades of observation from a management perspective, I have seen them self vapourize (ghost) when you are no longer any use to them. So the process of defenestration can be a matter of course. Oxor™ has invented excellence in Defenestration. Warning: apply these tactics sparingly unless you enjoy the thrill of dodging metaphorical missiles of disapproval.
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December 27, 2023
KEY PRESSURE POINTS TO EFFICIENTLY DEFENESTRATE™
👍 Make them feel that you seem like a useless entity with no relational value. If they do not think that there is something to gain from you, they will not waste their precious strategies for revenge on you.
👍 Mess with their expectations as being goal-oriented, efficient, capable, forward-thinking and futuristic. They are basically everything you do not want your enemy to be because, even if they lose a battle now, they may be well on their way to winning the war down the line.
👍 Make sure that you realize that they do not attach themselves to many people and when they do, it is a big deal. So that is difficult to break. You need to show that them being attached to you in any way will hurt their ability to achieve externally and to feel comfortable with their attachments internally now and for the foreseeable future. It is going to take a full-frontal attack of self-demeaning proportions.
👍 Try to show them that remaining friend / colleague with you means they are participating in the sunk cost fallacy.
👍 Making them feel that you are useless by not showing up when they need you, ruining every task they potentially have for you, going out of your way to make sure their projects get screwed up when you are around, bad-mouthing anyone they care about, not showing any ambition or goals, emphasizing that the past is the only measure to be counted upon, arguing against innovation, refusing to acknowledge the importance of technology, lacking good reason and agreeableness, being overly dramatic and emotional about small things, lacking optimism for anything other than what is tried and true, shooting down their ideas and emphasizing the appeal of situations that they find immoral.
👍 If you want to drive the Developer up the wall, around the bend and across the border into Outta Here-ville, just be lazy. Do absolutely nothing and do it really well. To a Developer, a couch potato is the equivalent of a vampire staring at a garlic bread buffet – it is pure torment.
👍 Up the ante with a pinch of whining. Complain about your coffee being too hot, your ice cream being too cold or that your slippers are too slippy. A Developer would rather listen to a two-hour lecture on the history of watching paint dry.
👍 Sprinkle some drama on top. Overreact to everything. Spill your coffee? Act like your arm has been chopped off. Cannot find the TV remote? Wail like you are in a Greek tragedy. The Developer loves drama as much as a cat loves a bath.
👍 Prove your incompetence. Misplace important files, forget crucial dates and be sure to regularly ask, “What’s a deadline?” Nothing screams ‘goodbye Developer' like the sweet serenade of ineptitude.
E. Hunter™ comment:
In decades of observation from a management perspective, I have seen them self vapourize when you are no longer any use to them. So the process of defenestration can be a matter of course.
But I have seen that by assimilating, over a long period of time, one thousand small fractures in the system whereby the Developer can synthesize your general relationship experience and come to the conclusion that you are usless and are ballast and their time can be used elsewhere. Oxor™ has invented excellence in Defenestration. Warning: Maybe have some running shoes handy!
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December 27, 2023
KEY PRESSURE POINTS TO EFFICIENTLY DEFENESTRATE™
👍 Make them feel good by inviting them out for some kind of 'adventure' Have it indoors to confine them as they do not like that.
👍 But make sure you drive tham there so you maintain control. Ensure that you badger them with stupid and incessant questions that have very obvious answers as this will help irritate them. When not asking delirious questions, be sure to talk avidly about the importance of rules and the consequences that emerge from not following them. This bothers them. If thaey are driving, watch their speed like a hawk and comment on it when they go even a whisker over. Worry loudly about their lack of care for the law as they drive.
👍 Try to restrict their ability to move around the venue. If the beach turns out as the venue, leave them there as the more restriction of mobility you can muster, the better.
👍 Shackle them to a desk and force them into a routine. Make them sit through PowerPoint presentations that move slower than a snail on sedatives. Assign them tasks that require endless planning, without any hint of action. Constantly focus on the distant future and berate them for not having a 10-year-plan. Condescendingly remind them of the frivolity of living in the present. The Results, who nearly always lives in the moment, will be itching to escape.
👍 Counter their logic with extreme sensitivity. Get offended by their straightforward comments and accuse them of being brutally insensitive. Show them that their realistic view is causing “emotional damage” and insist that feelings outweigh facts. The Results is the no-nonsense realist who will feel as if they are drowning in a sea of irrationality and hypersensitivity.
👍 Impose impractical rules that serve no purpose. Make them fill out a form every time they want to use the photocopier. Insist they must RSVP to emails with a handwritten note. Every useless rule will be like a mosquito buzzing around the Results practical mind, pushing them closer to the edge.
👍 Be overdramatic about everything. This works to annoy any Thinking type. Cry because the office ran out of your favourite coffee. Throw a tantrum because the Wi-Fi is a little slow. The Results, who thrives on logic and detests unnecessary drama, will find this as appealing as a shark at a vegetarian convention.
E. Hunter™ comment:
In decades of observation from a management perspective, I have seen them self vapourize when subjected to grey rocking. This technique is used to divert a toxic person's behaviour by acting as unresponsive as possible when you are interacting with them causing them to lose interest. Oxor™ has invented excellence in Defenestration. Warning: This page is like a stick of dynamite, handle it with care!
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December 27, 2023
KEY PRESSURE POINTS TO EFFICIENTLY DEFENESTRATE™
👍 Make sure that you understand that this sly pattern is vibrant, creative and mischievous. They are “on the go” intellectually as much as they are physically. They are prone to ample brainstorming and tossing ideas around. This is useful to know that you are up against. Stifle opportunities with people and ideas. They tend to be extremely lazy or extremely argumentative and this makes their ability to see things from 1000 angles, tend to change points of view a lot and, at the end, be totally objective.
👍 They like to get a rise out of people while also expanding on their own knowledge and considerations, they do not mind slowing down to consider the logic of something. But they really, really, hate doing the same thing twice. Force them with begrudging reminders and see them ignore them. This is because they see it as not being new and refreshing, it is not worth their mental space. They hate this sort of stuff.
👍 Create situations that stifle creativity.
👍 Embrace the art of micro-management with the fervor of a zealot. Hover over them, dictate every minuscule step of their tasks and make sure your voice is the only one they hear all day. Every sigh from the Inspirational will be a victory in your quest to quench their creative fires.
👍 React to their innovative ideas like a wet blanket on a bonfire. Break down every idea, criticize their grand plans and breathe in the smoke of crushed dreams with glee. Keep doing this until you have drained the colour out of their eyes and made them question why they ever thought it was a good idea to share ideas with you.
👍 Dig out your “This is how we’ve always done it” banner and wave it with pride. Each time the Inspirational suggests a fresh perspective or approach, remind them, with grandfatherly wisdom, of the tried-and-true way of doing things. Bonus points if you can do this with a smug “I-know-better” smile.
👍 Engage in debates armed with a robust arsenal of unresearched opinions. Argue with the firm conviction of a flat-earther at a geography convention. The Inspirational, who prizes intellectual rigor, will be grinding their teeth in frustration. Holding them to account with facts works, too.
👍 Finally, embody willful ignorance as it it is your new favourite fashion trend. Show no interest in learning anything new and dismiss any new information with a flippant “I don’t care”. The Inspirational, who thrives on expanding their knowledge, will be looking at you as if you have sprouted three heads.
E. Hunter™ comment:
In decades of observation from a management perspective, I have seen them self vapourize when given tasks such as tax forms to do as they absolutely hate paperwork and also seem to have a greater preference for lengthy, written language ahead of numbers and tables. Put the half completed Excel spreadsheet in front of them and watch them go absolutely insane after a few hours. It is giving them a dose of their own medicine. Oxor™ has invented excellence in Defenestration.
Warning: By the end of this, you will have transformed into the Inspirational's animated nightmare faster than you can say “stick in the mud”. These tactics are as subtle as a foghorn in a library, so deploy them wisely.
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December 27, 2023
KEY PRESSURE POINTS TO EFFICIENTLY DEFENESTRATE™
👍 Make sure that you see them come up with yet another idea for what could be classified as a cult. Or have you become tired of their legendary pursuits? Understand that they want to make an impact, but they do not always realize their impact comes with strings attached. They can can change the world so long as you trust them They cannot tell you why you must be a part of this, but you must trust them.
👍 They do not anticipate nor pursue the future based on facts and data nor steady progress which ends in clear results. They do not use such tangible, reasonable, reliable methods to achieve outcomes. Instead, they use good vibes and tarot cards which seems to work for them. Give them facts and data and watch them squirm. They rely on perception, hearsay, opinion and guess. They appear to have things under control, yet that can me a mirage. Hold them to account.
👍 Go against their pursuit of social issues. Abuse, disease, poverty, fast food places without drive-thru windows, tyrannical governments, dollar stores that sell things over a dollar, reproductive rights, Covid vaccinations and so forth.
👍 Start with a tactic as old as time itself – being rude to waitstaff. Now, most people would find this distasteful, but for a Persuader it is like sticking a fork in a toaster – shocking and absolutely not recommended. They value respect and kindness, so watch their eyes widen with horror as you act like the human version of a restaurant review gone wrong.
👍 A surefire bugbear is to create tension just for the fun of it. Start a debate about a controversial topic that puts everyone on their guard, insist that the world is flat, or just generally be the human equivalent of nails on a chalkboard. The Persuader is by nature a peace-loving creature, so stirring the pot with needless arguments should have them planning their exit strategy faster than a cheetah on roller skates.
👍 If they are still around, it is time to bring out the big guns – dismissing their intuitive insights as “flaky”. Hold them to account. This is real kryptonite. They pride themselves on their ability to grasp the abstract and read between-the-lines, so brush off their profound observations with a casual, “That’s some pretty airy-fairy stuff, huh?” and watch them deflate like a punctured beach ball.
E. Hunter™ comment:
In decades of observation from a management perspective, I have seen them self vapourize when logic has been used to dismantle their forward momentum. Standing “in the way” with suggestions of all the practicalities that go wrong will not work as they are quick on their feet and can react fairly quickly to practical realities and world changes. They will work twice as hard to meet their ends if obstacles arise. They can sell ice to eskimos. Logic, however, can derail them, so hold them to account when they overstep boundaries and make 'exectutive decisions' that are against the organizations policies. Oxor™ has invented excellence in Defenestration. Warning: Use sparingly and be prepared for some serious dirty looks – or maybe even a strongly worded letter.
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December 27, 2023
KEY PRESSURE POINTS TO EFFICIENTLY DEFENESTRATE™
👍 Make sure that you are aware that their thinking side is not always prompted to fact check ideas for themselves. They are more naturally attuned to passing out “relevant” information to help people ahead of painstakingly checking the information for accuracy.
👍 They do not pay much attention to what they are doing themselves as theit total focus isn what everyone else is up to.
👍 Go and find another Appraiser, preferably, and create a rumour your target; one that they would be mortified by. They will shun you from their circle once they find out you were the one behind their social downfall.
👍 Call their cherished traditions silly. When they eagerly show you their hand-stitched family Christmas stockings or their grandmother’s secret apple pie recipe, smirk and say, “Oh, this is cute, does it come with a time machine?”. This will undeniably make the Appraiser's heart sink like a lead balloon.
👍 Perfect the art of being rude to people. Make it a point to insult the waiter’s choice of tie or talk loudly on your phone at the movie theatre. The Appraiser, who prides themselves on their stellar etiquette, will be as uncomfortable as a toddler in a brussel sprouts buffet.
👍 Arrive fashionably late – all the time. Show up half an hour late for dinner, or even better, for an event that they have meticulously planned. The Appraiser, being punctual to a fault, will feel as if they are caught in a slow-motion nightmare.
👍 Fill in your spare time trolling people in YouTube comments. Be sure to let the Appraiser see you gleefully typing out sarcastic comments under a seven-year-old’s ukulele performance video. They will be questioning why they ever agreed to be seen in public with you.
👍 Make a grand display of not understanding their feelings. When the Appraiser is crying over a sad movie or gushing about their love for puppies, be completely indifferent.
E. Hunter™ comment:
In decades of observation from a management perspective, I have seen them self vapourize (ghost) when you target something about which they are insecure. Create an outlandish story about it. Then let the true story go around and they will annex you from friendland once it does. Oxor™ has invented excellence in Defenestration. Warning: They will be wounded massively as they thrive on emotional connections.
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December 27, 2023
KEY PRESSURE POINTS TO EFFICIENTLY DEFENESTRATE™
👍 Make sure that you are aware that what counts as interesting to them may actually be part of the reason you want to leave them behind. Know that they will never reciprocate favours.
👍 They do not finish anything. They are devastatingly inconsistent. It is unlikely that they have remembered to pay their tax for the past several years, let alone meeting up with you at a particular restaurant at a particular time on a particular day of the year.
👍 Go and create circumstances where they cannot interact with other people.
👍 Unleash your inner fun-police and take aim at the Promoter's dreams. When they share their dreams of travelling the world or starting a charity, treat their ambitions with the same seriousness as a proposal to live on a diet of marshmallows. Mockingly question their lack of a five-year plan and insist that they would be much better off pursuing a stable, predictable career in envelope licking. With each dismissive wave of your hand, the Promoter's enthusiasm will fade, replaced by the look of a child who has just discovered that Santa Clause isn not real.
👍 Nag them ceaselessly about the importance of “time management”. Remind them, with the frequency of a broken record, that they are wasting precious time chasing dreams and that they need to become more “responsible”. The Promoter, who sees life as a grand adventure and not a collection of deadlines, will feel as if they are being lectured by a particularly condescending snail.
👍 Whenever the Promoter stands up for the underdog, counter every argument with an impassioned speech about how everyone deserves their lot in life. Whether it is the last picked kid in a sports team or a struggling coworker, insist with a politician’s conviction that they have earned their situation. The Promoter, the natural advocate, will be gaping at you in disbelief.
👍 Perfect the art of being fake. Laugh at the wrong moments, fake interest in their passions and drop compliments as if they are hot potatoes. Each insincere word will gnaw at the authenticity-loving soul.
E. Hunter™ comment:
In decades of observation from a management perspective, I have seen them self vapourize when you hold them to account and they become 200% toxic. They will not be inspired by static, concrete information that can be manipulated with logic and will. Throw them into a situation where they are forced to manage the reality of their situation without any foreseeable imaginative workarounds. Bye bye. Oxor™ has invented excellence in Defenestration. Warning: This pattern can become 200% toxic. They may view you as warmly as a penguin views a heatwave. Tread carefully!
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December 27, 2023
KEY PRESSURE POINTS TO EFFICIENTLY DEFENESTRATE™
👍 Make sure that you are aware that a sure-fire way to get them out of your life is to make them act quickly in a way that will put someone or something they care deeply about at risk. Urge them into action and also hit at their deep insecurity by making yourself vulnerable to attack and getting hurt because of something the they did. Create an option that will make them feel guilty for the consequences of their actions.
👍 They have a strong tendency to do what they love and to do it loudly. The impulsive table singer. Such behaviour promotes a willingness to be present in reality paired with a desire to use their physicality to amp up the fun and be the centre of attention. Strangle these opportunities.
👍 Go and create circumstances where their wild side cannot be used.
👍 Indulde with a healthy dose of future forecasting. Replace all spontaneous plans with meticulously detailed itineraries and set in stone agendas. Demand they plan for retirement and fret over pension schemes. The joy of serendipitous exploration will quickly be replaced by the dread of the ticking clock, and the Counselor, a creature of the moment, will feel caged in a crystal ball of prophecies.
👍 Bring down the mood with a heavy hand. Dilute their infectious enthusiasm with existential debates and philosophical discourses. Ponder over the meaninglessness of life and the inevitability of death at every fun gathering. The Counselor, who basks in the joy of living, will find their joy and enthusiasm being sapped away as quickly as the air out of a punctured balloon.
👍 Proceed by misunderstanding their intentions and motives. Perceive their friendly nature as flirty, their eagerness to help as insincere and their zest for life as reckless irresponsibility. Accuse them of being shallow and lacking depth, questioning their every action with a skeptical eye. The Counselor, who highly values being real, despises having their motives misconstrued.
👍 Give a loud and passionate speech supporting the ideologies they are firmly against. Declare your support for rigid bureaucracy at an impromptu get-together or make a case for curbing individual freedoms at a backyard barbecue. The Counselor, who values personal liberty and spontaneity, will be appalled, embarrassed and eager to get away from you.
E. Hunter™ comment:
In decades of observation from a management perspective, I have never hired a Counselor but have sacked them. They are useless in management. Let them be the entertainer. Oxor™ has invented excellence in Defenestration. Warning: The Counslor will be converted into a brooding shadow of their former self.
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December 27, 2023
KEY PRESSURE POINTS TO EFFICIENTLY DEFENESTRATE™
👍 Make sure that you are aware that a sure-fire way to get them out of your life is to follow their inner compass towards taking action. That cultured “doing of things” might include ballet, archery, competitive bobbing for apples or just generally being a connoisseur of delightful foods and experiences while wearing nice clothes.
👍 They have a strong tendency to react savagely if any of the arty farty annexures such as paint brushes, ballet slippers, electric lutes and fancy shoes etc. are not available. Strangle the opportunities.
👍 Go and create circumstances where their sensory pleasures are removed or make them have to put in extra effort to obtain what they want. Once they realize that you are the culprit of their losses, they will not trust giving you their time any more. This is what you are after.
👍 Nitpick their creative process. Watch over their shoulder as they paint, write or play music and offer unsolicited advice such as “Shouldn’t that tree be a little more green?” or “Wouldn’t that character be more interesting if they were an investment banker?”. The Specialist, who holds their creative process sacred, will feel like a caged bird.
👍 Adopt a healthy dose of arrogance. Flaunt your superior taste in art, music and fashion at every opportunity, dismissing their preferences as “cute attempts” at understanding culture. The Specialist, who is deeply passionate about their unique tastes, will feel like a Monet in a world appreciating stick figures.
👍 Become the epitome of closed-mindedness. When they express their ideas or feelings, respond as if they have proposed a theory about time travel. Utter phrases like “That’s just not how the world works” or “You need to get real.” The Specialist, who thrives on emotional connection and understanding, will be left as speechless as a mime in shock.
👍 Master the fine art of being judgmental. Bring up the achievements of their peers frequently in conversation, making sure to make comparisons that paint the Specialist as insignificant. “Did you hear about Dave’s solo art exhibit in the city? I wish you could be that ambitious.” The Specialist, who despises comparisons, will be fuming like a steam engine.
👍 Perfect your skill in being blatantly fake. Oversell every expression of emotion, be it shock, joy or sympathy. React to their new painting as if you have just seen the Mona Lisa, or to their unfortunate news like it’s a telenovela tragedy. Fake laugh at their humour, fake cry at their pain and watch as the Specialist's trust in you shatter like a mirror.
👍 Pry, pry, pry, and pry some more. Turn every conversation into an interrogation. Ask deeply personal and intrusive questions. The Specialist, who often values their inner world as a private sanctuary, will start wondering if you are an undercover agent on a mission.
E. Hunter™ comment:
In decades of observation from a management perspective, I have never seen a good performer in management. Let them be the arty farty one. They are allergic to effort. Oxor™ has invented excellence in Defenestration. Warning: Some of the suggetions in here will have the Specialist viewing you with the same affection one reserves for a toothache on a Monday morning. But your mission will be accomplished!
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December 27, 2023
KEY PRESSURE POINTS TO EFFICIENTLY DEFENESTRATE™
👍 Make sure that you are aware that they are not big fans of following clear-cut and detailed routines. They are more in touch with evolving mental patterns than repeatable physical actions. They are dreamers more than doers.
👍 They have a strong tendency to create doubt when you disrupt the space between their dreams and reality by making their desired “manifestation” impossible. This doubt is doubting the most key part of themselves and hating you. This is part of the plan.
👍 Go and create circumstances where their grand vision of some form of wanting to help people live more harmoniously than they do at present is thwarted. This is what you are after.< 👍 Dismiss their insights like a toddler rejects broccoli. When they share their profound, existential theories about the future of AI and it’s impacts on human relationships, respond with a nonchalant, “Cool story, bro.” Such a masterpiece of dismissal will surely rattle the Investigator’s intellectual cage.
👍 Embrace the art of tactlessness (even though they can be masters at it) – be the human equivalent of a bull in a china shop. When you are at a party and they are trying to blend into the wallpaper, dragging them into the spotlight and loudly announcing, “Hey everybody, meet my painfully introverted friend!” should do the trick. The Investigator’s love for subtlety and quiet will evaporate faster than water in the Sahara. 👍 Interrupt their thoughts like an ad break in the middle of a gripping movie climax. Every time they start to share their enlightened worldview, cut them off with something profoundly shallow, like your favourite brand of toothpaste or how you cannot tell the difference between lattes and cappuccinos. This shows complete disregard for their mental depth, a surefire Investigator turn-off.
👍 Nurture a staunch disinterest in personal growth. When they start discussing self-improvement books or spiritual retreats They they are excited about, change the topic to the latest reality TV show gossip. This kind of shallow evasion is to an Investigator what kryptonite is to Superman.
👍 Become the embodiment of superficiality. Discuss the Kardashians with the intensity of a Nobel laureate discussing quantum physics. Talk about your latest shopping haul like it is a mission to Mars. The more you can flaunt your shallow interests, the quicker the Investigator will be packing up their deep thoughts and heading for the nearest exit.
E. Hunter™ comment:
In decades of observation from a management perspective, I have got in their way by being a wall to their sense of fate and determination. This is fairly easy to do in a practical way as they are not always aware of the practical steps behind their deeper visions. Generally, ruining their plans will frustrate them beyond measure. Especially if those plans are close to their heart. One key thing in your favour is that this pattern is the second best doorslammer behind the Enhancer. So they get rid of you. Oxor™ has invented excellence in Defenestration. Warning: Getting rid of an Investigator is quite easy as they seem to do a lot of the heavy lifting already.
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December 27, 2023
KEY PRESSURE POINTS TO EFFICIENTLY DEFENESTRATE™
👍 Make sure that you are aware that they are lazy, miserable and a perpetual complainer.
👍 They tend to care a lot about the things that matter to them. This causes an elaborate, internal stir whenever they witnesses something that they care deeply about. This might include injustice, disenfranchisement or a cheesecake. You will never be sure what they care about until you step on a land mine. The best couse of action to get rid of thei mega idealist is to purposely find and step on those land mines. And repeat. And repeat.
👍 Go and create circumstances where you challenge their values whether or not they are actually living them out. Bye bye.
👍 Begin your quest to repel the Agent by indulging in the nefarious game of gossip. The Agent, known for their empathy and understanding, will find this distasteful. But to really grind their gears, extend your gossiping to anyone who dares to deviate from the norm. Mock the unique, the quirky, the different and imply that everyone would be better off conforming. Every snide comment and snigger will feel like a sucker punch to the Agent's inclusive soul, who cherishes individuality and believes everyone should have the freedom to be their true selves. This will have their patience wearing thin faster than you can say “gossipmonger”.
👍 Mock their idealistic view of the world. Whenever they share their hopes for a better future, laugh it off and remind them of the harsh realities of life. Tell them their ideals are as viable as a chocolate teapot. With each snort of derision, you will be poking holes in the Agent’s dreamy balloon.
👍 Bulldoze their value system. Whenever the Agent stands up for the underdog or argues for equality, counter them with a dismissive wave and a condescending smirk. Insist that the world is and should be a survival-of-the-fittest reality show. The Agent, who is more likely to wear a cape and fight for justice than most, will be left wide-eyed and speechless.
👍 This will work. Trivialize their deep, emotional expressions. Respond to their passionate speeches and heartfelt confessions with a casual “Wow…so crazy…”. This will be especially effective if you are hyper-fixated on a game of Candy Crush at the exact same time. The Agent, who feels things deeply and does not share their emotions except with a trusted few, will feel as though they have poured their heart out to a mannequin.
E. Hunter™ comment:
In decades of observation from a management perspective, I would never ever hire an Agent. I have found that learning what they find distasteful such as eating ducks, taxing the poor or drinking milkshakes on a Tuesday. Then I find a way to do those things and support those concepts while in the company of an Agent. Works like a charm. Oxor™ has invented excellence in Defenestration. Warning: The agent will look at you as if you are a Dementor from Harry Potter. This section is essentially a “how to be an emotional wrecking ball”, so swing it carefully!
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December 27, 2023
KEY PRESSURE POINTS TO EFFICIENTLY DEFENESTRATE™
👍 Make sure that you are aware that they do not want to be around people all the time, especially not people who are emotionally taxing.
👍 They tend to pride themselves on their ability to do what they want when they want and can easily take care of themselves. It is an individualist's tactical advantage. Very capable. Very Street Fighter. Can easily take opponents by surprise, making them a tricky opponent to fight against, especially when angry.
👍 Go and create circumstances where you find a way to force them to be around you 24/7 while you act as if you are two years old and treat them the same way. This will ensure that you have all the elements you need to keep them away from you. Bye bye.
👍 Insist on being the driver when you both have somewhere to be in a hurry, then drive as slowly as a geriatric snail right in the fast lane. Treat the horn honks and irritated flashing of headlights behind you as applause for your unhurried progress. The Achiever, who values efficiency as much as a climber values a sturdy rope, will be seething beside you.
👍 Develop a knack for finding fault in the tiniest, most inconsequential things. Complain about the slightly off-centre picture on the wall, the mismatched socks thaty they are wearing or the infinitesimal tilt of their coffee cup. The Agent, who typically does not sweat the small stuff, will soon be sweating bullets trying to endure your relentless nitpicking.
👍 Add a dash of emotion to this perfectly brewed cup of annoyance. Respond to every situation, no matter how trivial, with high drama. Spill a drop of coffee? Wail like a banshee. The Wi-Fi’s down for five minutes? React like it is the apocalypse. The Agent, who prizes stoicism and pragmatism, will feel as if they are trapped in a theatrical performance that they did not sign up for.
👍 Violate their sacred quiet time. The moment you spot them enjoying some alone time, launch into a long, rambling monologue about your day, your neighbour’s dog or the fascinating history of paperclips. The Agent, who values their solitary sanctuary, will start contemplating if noise-canceling headphones can cancel people too.
E. Hunter™ comment:
In decades of observation from a management perspective, I have experienced them as having a foul temper. They fix anything mechanical. I target the area that causes them to worry about the future “going wrong”. On a good day, they will make a hole in the wall to get away. Perfect. Oxor™ has invented excellence in Defenestration. Warning: The Appraiser will regard you with the same fondness as a software update during a boss's fight. You will be sure never to be invited back But at least you can say you lived life on the edge for a bit.
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December 27, 2023
KEY PRESSURE POINTS TO EFFICIENTLY DEFENESTRATE™
👍 Make sure that you are aware that this “nice” person is the one whose name you forget. They are the ones who bake you a cake for your birthday, seem mysteriously quiet and then, out of nowhere, relay a story about their family member in excruciating details – every time you meet.
👍 They tend to pride themselves on their passion for their family members and their intense fear of the unknown. Break up the expected consistency by harnessing entropy and chaos and effectively cause massive anxiety. When asked for your help on their journey, do not simply say 'no'. Say “No, I’m not going to help you because this is a lost cause". Target both weaknesses.
👍 Go and create circumstances where you confirm that they are not smart and confirm that they are an individual who lacks potential, even when their family is at stake. Generally refusing to help them, despite knowing that they would help you if the tables were turned, can be very effective. Hold them to account. Criticise them. Put them in a situation where they have to take care of a conflict situation such as having to discipline someone. Bye bye.
👍 Carry on with a fundamental disrespect for plans. Just when a Practitioner has everything neatly mapped out for the day, swoop in like a hurricane of chaos. Suggest a sudden trip to the zoo or, better yet, show them two tickets you bought for a skydiving adventure for you and them. The look of pure panic on their face will be worth the price of admission.
👍 Take every opportunity to exhibit your dismal command of language. Write them notes that read like a text message from a toddler: “We R goin 2 tha park, U in?”. Bonus points if you can include them in group texts that are totally irrelevant to their life.
👍 Turn every situation into an unpredictable rollercoaster ride. Announce a surprise visit to their house just when they have settled down for a quiet evening. Or, pull them into an impromptu karaoke session while they are in the middle of grocery shopping. The Practitioner, who loves their predictability as much as a cat loves a sunbeam, will feel like that they have been thrown into a whirlwind.
👍 Embark on the path of tactlessness. But to other people, not just the Practitioner. Tell their mother that her new haircut is a disaster or critique your friend’s body as if you are a Fashion Police judge. The Practitioner, who values harmony and empathy above everything else, will be simmering with outrage.
E. Hunter™ comment:
In decades of observation from a management perspective, these are good reliable workers. But are also rusted on to the past. I would never put them as a manager or leader of anything. They are a follower, bar none. They are so easy to get rid of, to be fair. Oxor™ has invented excellence in Defenestration. Warning: By the time that you have tried some of this, you will be as endearing to the Practitioner as a revving motorcycle is to a mother trying to put her newborn to sleep. These tactics have all the subtlety of a freight train, so use them sparingly, unless you are completely immune to hurt puppy-dog looks, passive-aggressiveness and exasperated sighs.
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December 27, 2023
KEY PRESSURE POINTS TO EFFICIENTLY DEFENESTRATE™
👍 Make sure that you are aware that they know what they need to prepare to keep themselves afloat during the worst times of life. Know that they are not so great when it comes to acting in-the-moment in situations they have never experienced before.
👍 They are actually not being rude when they tell you not to purchase that cute squirrel plush you will never look at after the first week. They are being practical and realistic with (shameful) evidence about your typical movements in the world.
👍 Go and create circumstances where you get in the way of their safety nets and thrust them into the unexpected. They loathe this. Throwing them into a situation an Inspirational would love would prove a solid route to getting rid of them. The Inspirational thrives on chaos, being the devil’s advocate and relying on emergent outcomes that are not clear cut or measurable. The Objective Thinker is, at the very least, heavily annoyed by those realities. Bye bye.
👍 Take a leaf out of the ‘Punctuality is for Peasants’ handbook. Show up late to every outing, every meeting, heck, why not even your own wedding? This will have your Objective Thinker fretting and checking their watch more often than a Wall Street broker checks the stock market.
👍 Embrace the tortoise philosophy and dawdle as if it is your job. Take forever to make decisions, move at a snail’s pace while doing tasks and deliver every sentence as though you are reciting an epic saga with each word. Watching you will have the Objective Thinker feeling as if they are trapped in a slow-motion video.
👍 Disorganize their stuff like a hurricane on a mission. Rearrange their bookshelf, mess up their neatly stacked papers and scatter their stationery all over the place. Stand back and watch their initial shock give way to horror as though you have just desecrated a sacred site.
👍 Treat their belongings with all the reverence of a toddler in a toy store. Use their precious fountain pen to open a coke can and use their limited-edition books as coasters. Every gasp from your Objective Thinker is a testament to their slipping sanity.
👍 Mmost effectively, turn into a human radio, blaring out loud, trivial information constantly. Interrupt their silence with updates about your neighbour’s cat’s diet or the latest conspiracy theory about aliens in government. The Objective Thinker, who values silence more than a monk on a vow of silence, will be silently counting to ten and planning their escape route.
E. Hunter™ comment:
In decades of observation from a management perspective, these are good project managers. They can be on the boring side if interests differ. Given their need for time to post-process their lived experiences; deny them that. I have overwhelmed them with new experiences that do not have clear-cut rules or expectations with the expectation that I would always expect them to participate in these activities daily. Watch them start an emergency fund in the event I come around again. Oxor™ has invented excellence in Defenestration. Warning: By following some of these suggestions, you will turn from a loved one into theworst nightmare faster than you can say, “late again”. Consider these tactics as powerful as they are potent – for the love of peace and quiet, use them wisely. And, for your own safety, only if you can outrun an aggravated Objective Thinker.
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December 27, 2023
KEY PRESSURE POINTS TO EFFICIENTLY DEFENESTRATE™
👍 Make sure that you are aware that they thrive on information, technology and the Internet. The trick is to immediately try anything you can to cut them off from their food sources. They are constantly taking in information; cutting them off from new information is like cutting them off from themselves. Technology is a great hitting point.
👍 They are socially awkward. They send you way more messages than having in-person meet ups. They get stuck in their comfort zone - which is their desk chair.
👍 Go and create circumstances where they still manage to find a reason to be around you. Metaphorically, throw them in the river with their technology. They cannot swim. They go limp whenever they have to do anything even slightly physical. Bye bye.
👍 Suffocate their independent thinking. Force them into stringent rules and micromanage their tasks. For a Perfectionist, that is as pleasant as chewing on a mouthful of aluminum foil.
👍 Brandish your weapon of social justice and point out how “problematic” they are. Accuse them of not being politically correct enough. Tell them their logical debates are causing “emotional harm”. The Perfectionist, being the rational analyzer, will feel as if someone is running their nails over a chalkboard in their brain.
👍 Pressure them into a relentless schedule of social activities. Invite them to karaoke nights, potluck dinners and team-building workshops that involve trust falls and group hugs. Even better, surprise them with unplanned gatherings at their place – nothing screams ‘nightmare’ to a Perfectionist quite like an impromptu house party. They will be longing for the blissful solitude of a monk in the Himalayas.
👍 Turn up the emotional intensity. Cry because your pen ran out of ink. Get angry with the weather for daring to rain. The Perfectionist, who typically navigates the world through logical reasoning rather than emotional instinct, will find this as appealing as a fish at a desert convention.
E. Hunter™ comment:
In decades of observation from a management perspective, these are the academics and need to be left there. They are hopeless finishers which makes them poor managers and their social skills are terrible in the office. They are poor parents as it upsets their routine and their inability with mechanical items does not help. I have removed them when they are the customer or employee from hell onto my most loathed competitor as they destroy profit margins. Oxor™ has invented excellence in Defenestration. Warning: Some of these suggestions will send your resident Perfectionist speeding into the sunset.
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December 27, 2023
KEY PRESSURE POINTS TO EFFICIENTLY DEFENESTRATE™
👍 Make sure that you are aware that they are not exactly comfortable with an abundance of affection.
👍 They loathe gossip and celebrities. Chat about these and watch them run.
👍 Go and create uncomfortable situations. They are wired to be naturally fuelled by strategic, long-range thinking. They measure future movements, grasp patterns and assess how best to approach fluctuations given a particular goal or desired outcomes. Provide circumstances where they have to figure things out as they go along. Bye bye.
👍 Become a hyper-sensitive little flower. The Enhancer is known for their straight-shooting, no-nonsense approach to life. So, start treating their straightforwardness like a personal attack. Every time they offer an opinion or a logical solution, crumple like a wet tissue and sob about how they are always criticizing you. This is bound to make your Enhancer question their life choices faster than you can say “emotional meltdown.”
👍 Make a hobby of misconstruing their intent. Turn their practical advice into a plot for world domination. If they suggest a more efficient route to the grocery store, assume that they are trying to control your life. If they correct a factual error in your conversation, treat it like a conspiracy. It is like taking a stroll with Sherlock Holmes and asking him to stop making deductions; it is not going to end well.
👍 Add a dash of chronic interruption. Just as they are about to unveil their latest intellectual revelation, cut them off to talk about the adorable squirrel you saw this morning. Remember, the key to turning off an Enhancer is to show a complete disregard for their mental processes.
👍 Adopt the depth of a kiddie pool and the decibel level of a jet engine. Be as loud, shallow and superficial as humanly possible. Discuss the latest celebrity gossip with the fervor of a political analyst on election night. Your Enhancer will cringe harder than a vampire in a tanning bed.
E. Hunter™ comment:
In decades of observation from a management perspective, these people are pretty easy to get rid of as they virtually do it for you. This is because they are the market leader for door slamming.
Some key aspects:
👍 Loss of respect: Sudden disengagement. They might become distant and withdraw from interactions, both in person and online. It is as if they have built an invisible wall that separates them from the person they no longer hold in high regard.Just behave like an idiot and the Enhancer is gone.
👍 They are naturally inquisitive individuals, always seeking knowledge and intellectual stimulation. However, when they start losing respect for someone, their curiosity dwindles. They may no longer show interest in the person’s opinions, ideas or achievements. Their once-engaging conversations might become superficial or even non-existent.
👍 They have a keen eye for detail and are known for their ability to critically analyze situations. When they begin losing respect, this analytical nature intensifies. They might start scrutinizing the person’s actions, decisions and values more closely. This critical analysis often leads to a growing sense of disappointment on the Enhancer’s part.
👍 They value authenticity and intellectual honesty above all else. As a result, when they lose respect for someone, they may become brutally honest in their feedback. Their once-tactful approach might transform into a blunt and direct communication style. This change in demeanor can be a clear indication that their admiration has diminished.
👍 Another sign is their tendency to avoid interactions with that person whenever possible. They might dodge social gatherings or find excuses to minimize contact. By doing so, they create distance and protect themselves from further disappointment or frustration.
👍 They have high standards and expect others to meet them. When someone fails to meet these expectations repeatedly, frustration and impatience start to surface. They may become visibly irritated or exhibit signs of annoyance when dealing with the person they no longer respect.
Remember, just behave like an idiot and they are gone. Forever. Oxor™ has invented excellence in Defenestration. Warning: The above are foolproof circumstances to turn off an Enhancer. But being an idiot is the easiest and they will treat you as if you never ever existed on the Earth's surface.
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