Exit Strategies

We all have one, and when locked you are locked in a conflict, permit your opponent one. In so doing, you are not demonstrating benevolence, gratitude or a saving grace; you are basically avoiding a final confrontation that may get very, very bloody. A cornered animal fights to the death, so once you have cornered someone and made it clear that, for example, their job is in your hands, let them break out to begin a new job somewhere else. The entire application and interview process for jobseekers is a series of hoops to jump through, so prospective employees get to re-invent and re-write their employment history, strengths and weaknesses, and the big whopper of an excuse why left their last job.
If you have to make a hasty exit you have two options:
1. You wish to exit and return; therefore you conform to the office code of civil conduct. Make excuses that deflect blame, or take blame and turn it into something you can learn from. And above all, be noble.
2. If you are to exit and never return, (and this includes not requiring a reference), have some fun and tell people what you really think. The nastier you are, the higher the chance they’ll invite you back and pay you double.
If it’s not a matter of losing jobs, and you do give someone a point of exit from a conflict, you will witness their feigned apology. Their excuse will A) exonerate you and B) highlight one of their little mistakes, which is ostensibly an un-official cessation of conflict. If you allow someone an easy exit and they spit on your gratitude, you should pounce on them and bring them into line.