How to succeed in business

Over at sarahspace:

I hate to be criticized, but also can be rather uncommunicative and a bit lazy. So when I know that I have done something wrong, I have worked out a pattern of behavior that I find prevents deserved criticism. Attack the person whom I have wronged before they can bring up the matter with completely insane accusations. "I can not continue to work on this project with things as they are. I am not paid to take abuse from you. You continually send me emails full of imperative sentences. How do you think that makes me feel?