a confluence of factors which is leading to more pointed workplace bullying and abuse,'' he said. ''I think this upsurge in violence has more to do with the toxic nature of various workplaces under the economic rationalist model where we are expecting more and more with less and less resources. ''People can't kick the organisation and take it out on each other or their parents or partners.'' Mr Bowie said the NSW government's recent error in underestimating its surplus by $1 billion would have left public servants feeling more angry and disgruntled in thinking they had been ''hoodwinked in some way.''