Bribes them with chocolate?
Sorry, hope you don't mind me sticking my beak in, my ears were burning?
Just saying.
Supplement from 02/12/2007 08:07am:
... also, I treat them with respect, which is usually earned; I don't talk about them behind their back; if I have something to say they can rest assured that I will say it but, specifically, I tend to treat those people as I like to be treated myself. There will always be those who you think are friends but actually snipe at you from behind the grassy knoll but, rest assured, you tend to see through their guise relatively quickly.