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Originally Posted by Peacefool
maleficent
I think in your situation that girl was crying just to get off the hook of learning the software and was definitely wasting your time. However, I don't think crying at work is wrong or bad at all (unless, you know, you're wailing at the top of your lungs or disrupting your co-workers in the process.) If someone cries at work they should excuse themselves to the bathroom... but in no way should they be disiplined or written up for it. Crying is a natural way of letting go of stress but it does make people around you uncomfortable so doing it in privacy would be a good idea. So, yeah, I think crying at work is a normal, natural and healthy thing to do (just make sure you're away from your co-workers!) 
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I defiantly think she was crying to get out of the situation, unfortunately it works. But in some instances crying at work is unavoidable, I have a coworker who had a great personal loss, her son’s friend who she was very close with committed suicide (very messy, had to be a closed casket) and she did some crying at work for a week or 2, but it was to be expected, she lost some one close to her. we all love her at work, she does a great job, so everyone else just pitched in. its acceptable to cry for something that should make you cry, as long as it does not bring your work down to much, if it interferes, take the day off, or the week. but in maleficent’s woman’s case, I’d tell her to hit the road; she is obviously not right for the job, I’d have her look into the fast food sector, where she'd be 'like perfect and stuff,’ ‘would you like, like some fries with like that burger?’
Now I to have cried at work, but I have a damn good excuse, I was working with a UPS (uninterruptible power supply), some one plugged to many devices into it and the battery fried (more like boiled) I was cleaning up the acid and it was all over my hands, I stupidly wiped my brow; The acid and sweat proceeded then to dripped into my eyes, well I did shed some tears with that one, washed up and got back to work.