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Have you ever cried at work?
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Posted 3 months ago What is your worst "crying in the office" story?
Mine was last year, (I have a good excuse, I was pregnent, but my boss didn't know it at the time) during my review. A male co-worker had made a comment earlier in the year that was rather un-PC and offended me greatly. I didn't say anything, until my boss asked how we were getting along. Out of nowhere came the waterworks, I didn't even feel them coming! Just started bawling, my boss looked like a deer in the headlights. Now, I look at it as funny, but OMGosh I was SO embarrassed, I couldn't look him in the face for weeks afterwards..... I decided it is better to scream. Silence is the real crime against humanity. Nadezhda Mandelstam, Russian writer, Hope Against Hope |
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| Posted 3 months ago My co-workers and bosses think I’m heartless and don’t cry…so most of them were completely shocked when I started to cry one day – talking about deer’s in head lights…and I was crying so hard, I couldn’t tell them why I was crying. I had decided to post-pone my wedding and had PMS all at the same time. They kept offering to call the ambulance because they thought I was sick. When I did gather myself, I started laughing hysterically…because there were 5 people in my office with tissue crying because they didn’t know what was wrong with me. LOL Ms. Antoinette M. Brown I am a divine original fashioned by God to be radiantly beautiful! Accounting professional committed to integrity, professionalism, and support to drive a business toward success. |
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| Posted 3 months ago Two occasions It was 2005 During the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. My mom called me at work and she was hysterically because we didn't know where all of our family members were. I lost it and had to go to the bathroom to get myself together. The second time was in 2003 when I found out my grandmother died. I was talking to a coworker about it and broke into tears. |
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| Posted 3 months ago To the OP (original poster): You might want to check this pretty incredible conversation that was started in the WomenCo. forums a couple months ago: I cried in front of my co-workers & boss Daniela
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| Posted 3 months ago mzbrown says ... LOLOL that is funny, but so sweet - they must really like/care abt you! Mine 1st time was when I worked @ Sonic in High School. I was (& still am) a very no n-confrontational person. But my boss would get angry often. He'd yell and cuss @ everyone. I wasn't used to it. One day I took an order out that was (unbenounced to me) matched w/ the wrong receipt & food to a customer. The customer threw it at me when she found out it was wrong. As soon as I walked back in, my boss started yelling at me like crazy. I had my back to him waiting for the next order and I couldn't hold it in. There was a mgr in front of me. She said "STOP IT SHE'S CRYING!". He started patting me but I didn't want him touching me, I went to the nappy Sonic bathroom to calm down. Not long ago, I had a boss worse than him w/ the yelling and cussing. I'm so sensitive and I don't get why ppl resort to that in a professional environment. Then they have the audacity to say things like "don't take it so personal" when you finally break down after months of being verbally attacked! IMO it's much easier to face this kind of behavior coming from someone in your personal life! Sometimes I think God was trying to toughen me up professionally so NOTHING could compare to those 2 bosses/experiences. ~“I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that's not their job.”-A.Whitecomb
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| Posted 3 months ago Thanks for link, Daniela....
mzbrown...LOL your story is too funny, I almost lost my coffee all over my monitor! I decided it is better to scream. Silence is the real crime against humanity. Nadezhda Mandelstam, Russian writer, Hope Against Hope |
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| Posted 3 months ago I did too completely out of frustration when I was doing my first job and my boss was giving me a very hard time.She was the typical nagging sorts.I had a review of my work with her and she totally went tangent to what was really the issue and made some personal remarks which I felt were totally uncalled for.And then she said something "I can sense your frustration.."and that did it..I was all in tears and later I felt why the heck did I cry in front of someone who was as hard as stone.The next few days after this episode ,I was happy as my boss went out for almost two weeks for some training course.I really needed a break from her.When she came back,she seemed very uncomfortable and finally apologised to me. I know that people say that you should never show your emotions at work,but my out pour somehow helped me to ease out of my frustration and I guess it made my boss realise that she was pressurising me a bit too much.It somehow simplifie dthe situation for me rather than worsening it. Re-enlightenment is in the realization of the fact that we have only the present moment to live. |
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| Posted 3 months ago I was having a hard time accepting that my daughter narrowly escaped being sexually molested, by the owner's son, of the nursery and pre-school she was attending. I was hurting badly and my boss and other senior members were aware of the situation. I was in the lunch room having lunch along with some other junior staff. They were talking as they eat; someone was telling another staff about an incident that was similar to what took place with my daughter. I felt my heart made a sudden thud and out of no where, the tears came. . As I rushed from the table to get to the ladies' room the pain was too much and I began to wail and mucus runing down my nostrils. Some of the staff rushed to my assistance enquiring what was wrong, it only made matters wost and the more I bawled. When It was all over, the noisy lunch room became silent and every one saw that the " iron lady "was indeed a human. |
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| Posted 3 months ago I cried the day that my Mom called to say Dad was in the hospital with a heart attack. My boss was very compassionate and let me leave early to see my Dad. |
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| Posted 3 months ago Yes. Plenty of times in my old job. But those people were psychotic. It was a family owned business and they let the family issues slip into the office. When something bothered any of the owners (husband, wife, and son) they grilled it on us. I was in the sales department and it was 6 of us, one being a male. We all cried at least once. We were told plenty of times that we were incompetent and basically everyday it felt like you were walking on a tight rope. You never knew if you were going to be the one to fall that day. I finally had the courage to pack my stuff up and leave knowing that I could get something better. Even though I didn't have a job for a few weeks, I felt the weight lifted off my shoulders. |
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| Posted 3 months ago Belkis says ...
Wow! Thank heavens you left! I can't even imagine waking up to walk into that! |
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| Posted 3 months ago Nett says ...
Yes, it was one of the best decisions I ever made in my life. Just turn around and walk away. |