I had Teresa in a panic. She thought I was going to push enough buttons to get them to push back even harder.
I felt like I was walking a fine line. - Trying to read their reactions as I was talking and trying to make them feel they'd be putting themselves at risk if they did push back.
Teresa was willing to say whatever it took to appease them. I knew she would and used it to my advantage. I figured they would know from the get-go what my attitude was - and it wasn't happy.
With Teresa saying "thank you" to anything favorable they said, I figured that they'd be concerned about becoming too abrasive and ending up with TWO really pissed off people to contend with. - Not to mention that I'd already pointed out that she'd left the last meeting in tears. The guys that had any conscious at all would have had to have thought twice about repeating their previous behaviors.