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maleficent · 02-09-2006, 04:34 AM

I know not all people are the same... and I know I'm a pretty emotionless person. I also learned early on in my working career - that baggage get's checked at the door, you get paid to do a job, not be a drama queen.

Apparantly, that lesson has skipped a generation.

Last night, I spent about 45 minutes working with a young lady getting her to use the new software that is being installed... Not using the software is not an option. Everything I showed her, she gave me attitude on and would give me a 15 explaination on why she couldn't do it that way... Now this child's use of the word LIKE every other like word was like reducing me to like tears... but i pushed on...

At some point, she realized that attitide wasn't going anywhere with me, so she pulled that most annoying of female things... She started to cry. You're kidding right? I told her I'd come back when she was ready to do some work because clearly she had someone on her mind, and maybe she wanted to go to the restroom, wash her face, and take a breath... I was even nice about it...

She then prances off to her bosses office, and pulls the tears bit again... Oh this software is too hard... waaaah waaaah waaahh... Umm.... sweetheart, if you stopped talking long enough to listen and run your freakin' mouse as much as you run your freakin' mouth, you might actually get it. She's still crying to her boss, he's feeding her tissues... (I just love creative environments, drama queen women, and overly sensitive men who enable them)

She finally comes back later, after wasting an hour of my time... and settles down and does what she needs to do...

so... my question is - Why do think people think it's OK to actually cry at work? You are paid to do a job, don't like it? there's the door... Have other troubles/ take a personal day... It was clearly not the first time that this woman dissoved into tears, and she's not all that a talented designer... why would a company keep around such a person.

So, people who have more heart than I do - -how do you deal with tears at work? Ever cry at work? how'd it go over?

02-09-2006, 04:34 AM	#1 (permalink)
maleficent Junkie Moderator Emeritus Location: Chicago	Crying in the Workplace I know not all people are the same... and I know I'm a pretty emotionless person. I also learned early on in my working career - that baggage get's checked at the door, you get paid to do a job, not be a drama queen. Apparantly, that lesson has skipped a generation. Last night, I spent about 45 minutes working with a young lady getting her to use the new software that is being installed... Not using the software is not an option. Everything I showed her, she gave me attitude on and would give me a 15 explaination on why she couldn't do it that way... Now this child's use of the word LIKE every other like word was like reducing me to like tears... but i pushed on... At some point, she realized that attitide wasn't going anywhere with me, so she pulled that most annoying of female things... She started to cry. You're kidding right? I told her I'd come back when she was ready to do some work because clearly she had someone on her mind, and maybe she wanted to go to the restroom, wash her face, and take a breath... I was even nice about it... She then prances off to her bosses office, and pulls the tears bit again... Oh this software is too hard... waaaah waaaah waaahh... Umm.... sweetheart, if you stopped talking long enough to listen and run your freakin' mouse as much as you run your freakin' mouth, you might actually get it. She's still crying to her boss, he's feeding her tissues... (I just love creative environments, drama queen women, and overly sensitive men who enable them) She finally comes back later, after wasting an hour of my time... and settles down and does what she needs to do... so... my question is - Why do think people think it's OK to actually cry at work? You are paid to do a job, don't like it? there's the door... Have other troubles/ take a personal day... It was clearly not the first time that this woman dissoved into tears, and she's not all that a talented designer... why would a company keep around such a person. So, people who have more heart than I do - -how do you deal with tears at work? Ever cry at work? how'd it go over? __________________ Free your heart from hatred. Free your mind from worries. Live simply. Give more. Expect less.