How to Deal With Difficult People - The Calamity Chicken Little

How can you tell that you are dealing with a difficult Calamity Chicken Little? Their entire philosophy of life is built on the belief that the sky is falling, the sky is falling. Listen to their language. Chicken Little often says, "That won't work." If you protest, "How do you know that won't work?" you will hear something like, "Because it's obvious." You might say, "Obvious to whom?" Their response, "To any intelligent person." If you say, "It's not obvious to me," you are likely to hear, "Well, what does that say about you?"