{"id":15350,"date":"2020-08-28T09:35:22","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T07:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abante.de\/3-tips-for-dealing-with-difficult-bidders-the-nagger-1\/"},"modified":"2023-06-22T11:21:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T09:21:21","slug":"3-tips-for-dealing-with-difficult-bidders-the-nagger-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/3-tips-for-dealing-with-difficult-bidders-the-nagger-1\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Tips for Deal\u00ading with Dif\u00adfi\u00adcult Bid\u00adders \u2014 The Nag\u00adger (1)*"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They still exist, they nev\u00ader went away, and soon they may become more com\u00admon again, for instance if pub\u00adlic con\u00adstruc\u00adtion activ\u00adi\u00adty slows down: the nag\u00adgers among bid\u00adders and con\u00adtrac\u00adtors.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:post-content --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} --><\/p>\n<h4>What is a nag\u00adger?<\/h4>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Be hon\u00adest, you know it. You think of down\u00adturned cor\u00adners of the mouth, admon\u00adish\u00ading\u00adly raised index fin\u00adgers and a rou\u00adtine-sound\u00ading \u201cBut\u201d and \u201cWell\u201d. You think of a head sway\u00ading slow\u00adly from left to right and of all the ques\u00adtions that are intro\u00adduced with the eter\u00adnal word \u201cWhy\u201d. Already you have an image in mind. The nag\u00adger.    <\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} --><\/p>\n<h4>Pop\u00adu\u00adlar in pro\u00adcure\u00adment pro\u00adce\u00addures and meet\u00adings of any kind<\/h4>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>He likes to speak up at length in pro\u00adcure\u00adment pro\u00adce\u00addures and site meet\u00adings, he is talk\u00ada\u00adtive, and some\u00adtimes he even has a sense of humor. As a rule, he is nei\u00adther mali\u00adcious nor dan\u00adger\u00adous to the suc\u00adcess of the project; some\u00adtimes he is sim\u00adply right, and one would be hap\u00adpy to accom\u00admo\u00addate him. If only he would not nag so exten\u00adsive\u00adly and con\u00adstant\u00adly. The nag\u00adger (also called com\u00adplain\u00ader) is not a bad per\u00adson, he knows a lot and wants to share this knowl\u00adedge with you, but he does not know how to do all this in a pos\u00adi\u00adtive, affir\u00adma\u00adtive way.   <\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} --><\/p>\n<h4>How does he express him\u00adself in the pro\u00adcure\u00adment process?<\/h4>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>In the award pro\u00adce\u00addure, the nag\u00adger likes to make him\u00adself heard with the sug\u00adges\u00adtion that some\u00adthing (a cer\u00adtain behav\u00adior of the cus\u00adtomer, a spec\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion in the spec\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtions, etc.) is \u201cpos\u00adsi\u00adbly sub\u00adject to com\u00adplaint\u201d. How\u00adev\u00ader, he does not pur\u00adsue any rec\u00adog\u00adniz\u00adable inten\u00adtion with this hint; in par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar, he does not even seem to be con\u00adcerned with chang\u00ading your mind, per\u00adsuad\u00ading you to give in, etc. He points out a pos\u00adsi\u00adble award\u00ading author\u00adi\u00adty. He points out a pos\u00adsi\u00adble vio\u00adla\u00adtion of pro\u00adcure\u00adment law and at the same time is ful\u00adly aware that he has not issued a com\u00adplaint. It does not even both\u00ader him. The fight\u00ader, for exam\u00adple, a com\u00adplete\u00adly dif\u00adfer\u00adent type of bid\u00adder and con\u00adtrac\u00adtor, will sim\u00adply com\u00adplain about what both\u00aders him. Not so the nag\u00adger. He pos\u00ades a prob\u00adlem on whose occur\u00adrence or non-occur\u00adrence at least he pre\u00adtends to have no influ\u00adence. He has seen it, of course. But whether and how it is solved is not his busi\u00adness.       <\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} --><\/p>\n<h4>And in the project?<\/h4>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>In the meet\u00ading, the nag\u00adger is in his ele\u00adment. He likes to explain things \u201con the record,\u201d although he does\u00adn\u2019t always make sure that what he has to say is actu\u00adal\u00adly record\u00aded. Inci\u00adden\u00adtal\u00adly, he is indif\u00adfer\u00adent to the medi\u00adum; he can do it dig\u00adi\u00adtal\u00adly via Zoom just as well as in a con\u00adfined space in a small con\u00adtain\u00ader office. He often remains silent for a long time and actu\u00adal\u00adly or only sup\u00adpos\u00aded\u00adly lis\u00adtens, pos\u00adsi\u00adbly weigh\u00ading heavy thoughts, until he final\u00adly starts \u2014 some\u00adtimes intro\u00adduced by a timid\u00adly raised hand or a ques\u00adtion as to whether his opin\u00adion is desired, here the char\u00adac\u00adters dif\u00adfer\u00aden\u00adti\u00adate them\u00adselves \u2014 and grum\u00adbles. Unlike the grum\u00adbler, he always main\u00adtains tone and man\u00adners, but in doing so he always gets on your nerves and those of his col\u00adleagues who are present, whether vol\u00adun\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adly or under duress.    <\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} --><\/p>\n<h4>How best to take him<\/h4>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>You will not change the char\u00adac\u00adter of the nag\u00adger. So take him as he is. He must be able and allowed to talk, so let him speak out. Many are sim\u00adply grate\u00adful when you lis\u00adten to them. You may also want to thank them for their input and del\u00ade\u00adgate any result\u00ading work assign\u00adments, at least in appear\u00adance. In indi\u00advid\u00adual cas\u00ades, you should also def\u00adi\u00adnite\u00adly con\u00adsid\u00ader whether there is some\u00adthing to it. Atten\u00adtion, the nag can be an absolute expert, one does not exclude the oth\u00ader. There is only one thing you should not do: seek an open exchange, a con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion. The nag\u00adger nags because he nags. He may or may not be right, but he would not be a nag\u00adger if he were inter\u00adest\u00aded in the solu\u00adtion. From a legal point of view, the case is even sim\u00adpler: the prospect of a com\u00adplaint is not a com\u00adplaint.          <\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: red;\">*This legal tip is not a sub\u00adsti\u00adtute for legal advice in indi\u00advid\u00adual cas\u00ades. By its very nature, it is incom\u00adplete, nor is it spe\u00adcif\u00adic to your case, and it also rep\u00adre\u00adsents a snap\u00adshot in time, as legal prin\u00adci\u00adples and case law change over time. It can\u00adnot and does not cov\u00ader all con\u00adceiv\u00adable con\u00adstel\u00adla\u00adtions, serves enter\u00adtain\u00adment and ini\u00adtial ori\u00aden\u00adta\u00adtion pur\u00adpos\u00ades and is intend\u00aded to moti\u00advate you to clar\u00adi\u00adfy legal issues at an ear\u00adly stage, but not to dis\u00adcour\u00adage you from doing so.  <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They still exist, they nev\u00ader went away, and soon they may become more com\u00admon again, for instance if pub\u00adlic con\u00adstruc\u00adtion activ\u00adi\u00adty slows down: the nag\u00adgers among bid\u00adders and con\u00adtrac\u00adtors. What is a nag\u00adger? Be hon\u00adest, you know it. You think of down\u00adturned cor\u00adners of the mouth, admon\u00adish\u00ading\u00adly raised index fin\u00adgers and a rou\u00ad\u00adtine-sound\u00ading \u201cBut\u201d and [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15917,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"team_kategorien":[],"lexikon_kategorie":[],"class_list":["post-15350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15350"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15351,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15350\/revisions\/15351"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15350"},{"taxonomy":"team_kategorien","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_kategorien?post=15350"},{"taxonomy":"lexikon_kategorie","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lexikon_kategorie?post=15350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}