Originally Posted by Alrightmate:
“Well a bully is somebody who singles somebody out and constantly tries to grind them down and put them down incessantly.
I think he's trying to bully Lembit, but I think that so far Lembit is doing a pretty good job of soaking it up.”
This is correct in definition, there are many forms of bullying, the one we all hear about the most is playground bullying and physical bullying to where people then think that people are exaggerating when they mention bullying in this form.
Wikipedia has a bullying definition which I think fits the bill of Social Bullying - "Bullying is a form of abuse. It involves repeated acts over time attempting to create or enforce one person's (or group's) power over another person (or group) , thus an "imbalance of power". The "imbalance of power" may be social power and/or physical power."
Nigel has specified a number of times (on the log and in the diary room) that he wants to slap him too, it may only be words, but the thought is there and if tipped over the edge (due to strange surroundings and lack of sleep) may possibly be physical in a form with him. Not slapping or punching, but maybe roughly pushing him out of the way or poking....................
I do think that Nigel has it in for Lembit and he will not back down. Its bad already, it can only get worse.