I'd talk you off the ledge. But then probably tell you to tell the idjits that they were, well, idjits. In no uncertain terms. Which wouldn't be much help in the long run, would it...

I keep telling NewBoss Anais that. She comes over and asks what she should say to these 'Nuts.

Say "shut up and go away," I instruct her.

"I can't do that," she says.