# How do I say I do not take bs from anyone **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 14, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-say-i-do-not-take-bs-from-anyone/743164 "2016-01-14T20:27:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![blueslipper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@blueslipper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blueslipper)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-say-i-do-not-take-bs-from-anyone/743164/1 "2016-01-14T20:27:20Z")
Workplace advice. How do I say I do not take bs from anyone in a professional way? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-say-i-do-not-take-bs-from-anyone/743164/2 "2016-01-14T20:30:43Z")
I don’t know, but I’m reporting for forum change to IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-say-i-do-not-take-bs-from-anyone/743164/3 "2016-01-14T20:32:34Z")
I use “I don’t buy your story” ---
**Author:** ![blueslipper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@blueslipper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blueslipper)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-say-i-do-not-take-bs-from-anyone/743164/4 "2016-01-14T20:34:57Z")
I want to make a general statement about myself. Not a specific thing about someone else. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-say-i-do-not-take-bs-from-anyone/743164/5 "2016-01-14T20:38:31Z")
> [@blueslipper](#): > > Workplace advice. How do I say I do not take bs from anyone in a professional way? What exactly do you mean by “bs?” ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-say-i-do-not-take-bs-from-anyone/743164/6 "2016-01-14T20:38:45Z")
Moved to IMHO. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![LurkerInNJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-say-i-do-not-take-bs-from-anyone/743164/7 "2016-01-14T20:39:17Z")
Attitude and demeanor gets the point across more than telling people what you are. Behave on the businesslike and no-nonsense side of things and you will see a lot less b.s. Stand around talking about how you don’t take b.s., and nothing changes. ---
**Author:** ![Robert163](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-say-i-do-not-take-bs-from-anyone/743164/8 "2016-01-14T20:39:42Z")
get right up in their face and give them “the evil eye” that way, you don’t have to say anything and if they complain, they wind up looking like a weirdo because you can claim you didn’t do anything ---
**Author:** ![Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/848f3c/32.png) [@Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_Dunlop)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-say-i-do-not-take-bs-from-anyone/743164/9 "2016-01-14T20:45:54Z")
> [@LurkerInNJ](#): > > Attitude and demeanor gets the point across more than telling people what you are. > > \*\*Behave on the businesslike and no-nonsense side of things and you will see a lot less b.s. > \*\* > Stand around talking about how you don’t take b.s., and nothing changes. I agree. Telling people you don’t take any bull shit is a weird and aggressive thing to say, unless maybe you’re a corrections officer or something. Sometimes there isn’t a way to say something professionally. I’ve never had a problem with people bullshitting me professionally. I never felt the need to warn anybody about it… I just be myself and everything works out fine. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-say-i-do-not-take-bs-from-anyone/743164/10 "2016-01-14T20:47:00Z")
Just say: “I don’t suffer fools gladly.” ---
**Author:** ![Robert163](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-say-i-do-not-take-bs-from-anyone/743164/11 "2016-01-14T20:47:35Z")
> [@Fuzzy\_Dunlop](#): > > I agree. Telling people you don’t take any bull shit is a weird and aggressive thing to say, unless maybe you’re a corrections officer or something. Sometimes there isn’t a way to say something professionally. > > I’ve never had a problem with people bullshitting me professionally. I never felt the need to warn anybody about it… I just be myself and everything works out fine. I think people are seriously underestimating the power of “the evil eye” ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-say-i-do-not-take-bs-from-anyone/743164/12 "2016-01-14T20:52:58Z")
[A tasteful t-shirt](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/415GpckEi-L._SX342_.jpg) on Casual Day? ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-say-i-do-not-take-bs-from-anyone/743164/13 "2016-01-14T20:56:15Z")
Don’t dish any out, to minimize any adverse reciprocity effect. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-say-i-do-not-take-bs-from-anyone/743164/14 "2016-01-14T21:00:42Z")
The best way to say you don’t take bullshit is to actually not take bullshit. What bullshit are you being offered? ---
**Author:** ![T.M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ad7895/32.png) [@T.M](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T.M)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-say-i-do-not-take-bs-from-anyone/743164/15 "2016-01-14T21:04:27Z")
Just look them up and down with a look of contempt shake your head from side to side and walk away ---
**Author:** ![blueslipper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@blueslipper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blueslipper)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-say-i-do-not-take-bs-from-anyone/743164/16 "2016-01-14T21:05:17Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > The best way to say you don’t take bullshit is to actually not take bullshit. > > What bullshit are you being offered? The usual workplace BS. I have a new Team leader who is amazingly incompetent. I need to explain to him how I function. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-say-i-do-not-take-bs-from-anyone/743164/17 "2016-01-14T21:06:53Z")
Offer to take it outside during next break and settle it there. ---
**Author:** ![Robert163](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-say-i-do-not-take-bs-from-anyone/743164/18 "2016-01-14T21:07:00Z")
> [@T.M](#): > > Just look them up and down with a look of contempt shake your head from side to side and walk away you prefer this method to “the evil eye”? i like the evil eye i like to give people the evil eye ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-say-i-do-not-take-bs-from-anyone/743164/19 "2016-01-14T21:09:33Z")
I gave my wife the evil eye. [Once](https://www.google.com/search?q=image+hamsa&espv=2&biw=1920&bih=945&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiIldjBm6rKAhUClR4KHVsgAeIQsAQIGw#tbm=isch&q=image+hamsa+pendant). ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-say-i-do-not-take-bs-from-anyone/743164/20 "2016-01-14T21:12:16Z")
I’m interested in fostering an environment of cooperation & communication so as to enhance professionalism and productivity. Part of this plan involves de-emphasizing attempts on other peoples’ part to confuse or obscure business process and practices. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-say-i-do-not-take-bs-from-anyone/743164.md?page=2)