As you may have guessed...

...I have NOT yet quit! I don't think I'll allow myself to, either. I did come very close the other day. It was my birthday and my boss phoned me up, moaning about this, that, the other and the other's brother! It was past my finishing time and I just wanted to go and enjoy my evening. He rattled me so much that I was very irate for the next hour or so, eventually calming down and getting on with what was a very good evening (ending with a 200 metre ride on a Rickshaw, which abruptly ended in a puncture: a metaphor for my job I do wonder?)

Before the evening, a colleague gave me a very useful piece of advice which I took and it seems to have changed the way this guy works with me. He said "Just ignore him. You've got him by the ball sacks and he can't afford to lose you." So I did. Just a little. And it seems the message got through.

Before he would get stressed and would use force or pressure to get his own way, often requesting needless 'meetings' where anything but the necessary would be discussed. Since taking this advice, however, he seems to appreciate what I am doing a bit more. He's also remained very calm when talking to me on the phone. Could he be changing for the better? Or is he simply a drug addict?