@mawinder you're nuts!!! How did I miss this thread?

I think you just have to stand up for these fools and don't let them bully you.

However, if it is your boss, then you need another strategy i.e.
1). Be very organized
2). keep track of everything emails
3). Manage your boss as follows:
4). when he/she asks you to do something at 8am take note of that,
5). when he/she calls you at 8:30am for another job remind him of the 1st job that started at 8am and was taking 2hrs,
6). Let him/her choose whether to stop working on the 1st job or not.
7). If he says drop no.1 and embark on no.2, remind him/that you after you're done with no.2, you will need 1h 30mins later to complete no.1, which was only 30mins through.
8). Repeat (5) to (7) for job no.3, 4, ...n
9). When total time for the jobs in that day => 8 hours, raise a flag and tell your boss that so far all these jobs will take more than today!!
10). Let him decide
11). when you go back to your desk, summarize what you just discussed and agreed with him/her on email and send saying "As discussed..." and copy his/her boss, then smile and get on with work, kubaff

Don't be rude, don't argue, don't smile, but just be professional.

@alphadoti, nice reply but some bosses dont give you time to explain yourself. how will you explain that you are not yet through with this and that.

Your 'kubaff' looks sarcastic whereas you are advocating that the oppressed should not be rube - the two dont reconcile!

We have another mama in our office you drop out of school in form 2 but to compensate for that she has the bosses hears, eyes and .. b*lls. it is your word against her and she always carries the day. she joined in September last year and i gave last month.

@Mawinder

For how long have you ben bullying your colleagues?

@mawinder, someone needs your 'LEGAL' advice at the sme section. help a bother out!

@Angelica _ann email summary after discussion will do.

I did not understand you on the below:

sorry for the second one you are saying in your last sentence that dont be rude to the bully while at the same time you have used 'kubaff' whicvh for me is an abusive word. found that to be sarcastic coming from the same person (you) for managing same problem (bullying). or the kubaff is directed at 'who'. i normally act decent.

It's called to bend your back...,as someone has advised above be professional and don't smile,hio ya mawinder though sounds perfect can be folloed by a perfect investigation na mara hiyo hiyo kamiti ndani,there hakuna kwa hisani you have to bend....

The secret is to work diligently and do it in a way that even God can applaud.
Think about the future,where you are headed,don't adopt a 'nimefika mentality' .That is rite of passage.
By the way double blessings came my way after that.
Got promoted.

@Mawinder,Can i have like 50Kgs i set up my pain in the (censored) boss?

People only treat you the way you teach them or allow them to treat you.

Bullies are insecure people and the only way is to put others down. You'll find that she's bullied at home by her husband or was put down by her father. The secret is not to give them room or space to control you. They get angry and will move to someone else after all, all the worst they can do is get you fired which is better than losing your dignity.