Confusion induction?

[Ferral]

I was wondering if anyone could throw some light on a recent experience that I had.
On my first day of a new job my new employer, who I had never met before came over and before introducing himself (though I knew who he was) started bombarding me with questions. I was in the middle of a task that required some concentration and I was deeeply involved in. He get asking for silly little things like handing him somthing that wasn't there or repeating a question that I had just answered and everytime I looked back at him he was doing something, like playing with some of my equipment or his palm pilot etc. All which left me very confused and flustered it all happened very very fast and left me very angry. Which I have found hard to shake of when around him. Was this a confusion technique? and what could he have gained, was it to find out what sort of person I am etc or is he just a w@@ker or both. I would br very gratefull for anyones thoughts on this.

Many thanks

[skip]

Have you thought of asking him?

[Terry]

Thanks for the criptic reply Skip, it left me with an amusing scenario, which I see vividly my my minds eye.
New employee, (male of course) walks up to new boss, (also male no doubt) and asks....."After what happened this morning I just have to know, Are you a bloody wakker, or what?"
Now of course, this puts boss in a defensive mode, so he gets very angry, but he can't fire new employee, because the union rules prevent it. This IS the UK of course, so there must be union rules to prevent anyone being fired...
The rest of this scene, I leave to the imaginations of everyone who reads..Terry

[solaris152000]

I'd say he was trying to see how you would react to confusion, and you responded with anger, that was not a very ggood first impression.

[Ferral]

Well thanks for your thoughts on that. I don't think I will ask him if he is a W@@ker just yet. (Would my being a woman make that more or less palatable, discuss) Maybe a time will present its self when I can ask "what was that" when we have more of an established working relationship.
I did respond with anger after being asked the same question maybe 15 times in a row but that doesn't change the fact that the answer I gave was correct every time. Does that show a short temper or the ability to perform with conviction and to know you stuff under pressure?
Well thanks again for you thoughts I have studied some nlp and I guess maybe this falls into another area although I know he does use nlp.

[Terry]

If it was an attempt to use NLP it was a crude one, and also of course very unethical, something for which he would have been drummed out of HSA or any other society I imagine. On the other hand, it may have been a case of NBC, No Bloody Couth. My suggestion, find a new job, the guy is an idiot it would seem, and who wants to work for an idiot?

[Don]

If it was an attempt to use NLP it was a crude one, and also of course very unethical, something for which he would have been drummed out of HSA or any other society I imagine. On the other hand, it may have been a case of NBC, No Bloody Couth. My suggestion, find a new job, the guy is an idiot it would seem, and who wants to work for an idiot?

LOL!
Thanks for the NBC concept. Made my day.