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 PredaKhaine wrote:
Give them enough rope to hang themselves.
Do exactly as told, right until it all goes tits up.
Get everything in writing wherever possible.

Let them take the flak.

Unless they actually are superior - in which case, just do exactly as told

what? no! the fact that they are your superior means you better get everything in triplicate so you don't get the fall!

erm, wait, might have just occurred to me you weren't talking about "workplace seniority" superior...

I'll openly admit I have a superiority complex.

This is mostly due to my physique. I'm a gym rat. I'm young, in my prime. I hit the gym just about every day and I have unblemished, naturally tanned skin and porcelain, patrician facial beauty. I'm from Rome. When I tell girls I'm Roman and my body is as nice as it is, I swear their eyes turn into these gigantic throbbing hearts just like the cartoons. The chickadees come easy. Combine all that with supreme confidence, articulation, and bad-ass taste in clothing. Superior? Damn right.

See? I'm such a jerk.

 Piston Honda wrote:
So anyone have to deal with people who have superiority complexes?

Generally don't like posting about my "first world problems" on the internet, but curious how people deal with them.

I lean back comfortably with some popcorn and smile as reality catches up with them.

fishy bob wrote:

 Piston Honda wrote:
So anyone have to deal with people who have superiority complexes?
Generally don't like posting about my "first world problems" on the internet, but curious how people deal with them.

I lean back comfortably with some popcorn and smile as reality catches up with them.

Ignore them,
go somewhere else,
you kick their butts,
or succumb.

Your call.

In that order.

If you choose succumb, you are only validating their outlook on life so it is not really a choice.

The quote above is a "fine" example of the "smugness" felt until consequences catch up with them.
Hmmm seemed to ignore my own advice, I tend to go straight to step 3.