Although odds are good they'll try something along these lines, I don't believe it would be very effective, as people would see through the smokescreen.
Oh, dear God!!! Instead, try something along the lines of: You mean a lot to me, but I have to cater to my own needs.
If this doesn't affect him (and it probably won't), try something along the lines of, "If you continue to do this, my opinion of you will never be the same" (try to select words, though, that are less dramatic and less self-righteous than mine).
Try something along the lines of: "Oh, I hear computers glitch like that sometimes.
The 80's is a good choice: try something along the lines of Party all the time, by Eddie Murphy.
Try something along the lines of "You're really fun to be around, do you wanna hang out sometime?
Try something along the lines of: "When you speak to me in a way that suggests that I'm not competent, and insist I change things from the original way I presented them, I feel that I'm not being trusted to produce the work I'm employed to do here.
A few of you tried something along these lines but not many.
Depending on whether they say, "How funny, we've just ordered new ones!" or "We're broke," try something along the following lines: "I know it's none of our business, but we'd be happy to help with the cost of repairs, if you'd be comfortable with that?
Ball--We could try something along that line.
Try something more along the lines of "I guess I wasn't thinking very clearly.
