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  The
tactic of implying friendly support, whilst at the same time
suggesting that there are other more powerful people to answer
to who will be much tougher, unless cooperation is quickly
forthcoming.
Guardian Angel is the game of taking a position
of implied empathy to "protect" another person
from the unseen enemy. The enemy, usually a more powerful
and challenging person is never in the room at the time. Moreover,
this enemy may well take over the situation, unless ...
More details and guidance on how to deal with
someone playing this Dirty Trick can be found in "21
Dirty Tricks at Work" by Colin Gautrey and Mike Phipps
and published by Capstone Wiley.
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