lady at my job crying at her desk because the money didn’t come out the atm and the bank told her she has to wait seven days:smack:
If you’re living paycheck to paycheck, that’s a huge blow. She may not be eating for a couple of days, or miss bill payments.
well I;m sure she could have borrowed money from family or friends since she knew she was getting the money in 7 days. Was nothing to openly cry about making coworkers uncomfortable.
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Heaven for-fend that someone else’s unhappiness should make you uncomfortable.
I ALREADY GOT THE EMAIL!
I already receive all the newsletters, updates, government announcements and random internet crap that is printed on my area of expertise. I do not need everyone to forward me the same crap. I ALREADY GOT IT!!!
Crying out loud like a child was a bit much for a grown woman.
Are you sure? I just saw this article, it had a photo of a pig. Did you know about the pig? I’ll send it just in case…
And I’m just going to “Reply All” about that, so everyone knows. And then they can include everyone in the organization on every little thought about it…
Seriously, dear Everyone I Work With:
The Prez’s email went to hundreds of employees. It’s not just that someone Replied All (Steve…) – it’s that anyone else who shares the most minor thought also Replies All.
Then comes the “Hey, whoever is Replying All (Steve), stop it!”
And a couple of nimrods Reply All with “Yeah, no one should be hitting ‘Reply All’!”
Followed by way too many nimrod-wannabes chiming in with variations of “Why am I getting this complaint about Replying All? Please remove me from this email.”
What I really want to do is reply to everyone with “Due to my Inbox filling up with unimportant crap, I will no longer be checking my email. Ever. If you need to get me some Actually Important Information, please tell me in person, or handwrite me a note. Thank you.”
Don’t be so sure about that, unless of course you know every detail of her personal situation.
This could be a straw that broke the camel’s back situation.
What you see as being just a minor inconvenience may, for her, be the latest in a long long string of misfortunes and the one that made her snap.
Glad I work with more considerate people. Heck, even the departed former manager, who was such an unstable arsehole he gave everyone in the office PTSD, had more compassion and understanding than that.
Hey, you know when would be a great time to have an evacuation drill for the entire plant and have us all stand out in the sun for a half-hour? On a day like today, when it’s supposed to be 100°F. Certainly wouldn’t want to wait until tomorrow, when it’ll be 10° cooler.
I had compassion for her because the same thing happened to me years ago but I didn’t expect a crying out loud
Seriously. I work with a bunch of trolls. I’m afraid if I send out an email saying that I already get this information it will just encourage 10 more people to send me crap!
And we also get the email to all staff followed up by 1 person replying all to say “Thanks” (jerry). It’s nothing more than a “look at me” email.
Ooh, I know Jerry! He’ll also respond to the most innocuous email from days before, but cc his boss at 5:30 am (bonus points if he’d just pulled the same stunt at midnight).
I always picture Jerry’s alarm going off, his hand flopping out from under the covers to hit SEND and him rolling over to go back to sleep til 7.
My point is that compassion would be directed at someone who was upset enough to be crying out loud, for whatever reason, because you never know exactly what all might be behind it and that’s not the point anyway. The point is they’re obviously seriously hurting, and the description of your reaction in your post did not seem to show compassion so much as irritation and discomfort. Even my asshole former boss would have had a kinder response than that.
Well obviously I wasn’t the only one who was uncomfortable because one of the other ladies quickly came over and asked her, “how much you need?”
Or it could be that woman was truly compassionate, unlike you, who didn’t ask if she needed help.
For a short period forty years ago I was without any funds at all. I thought I was alone in a classroom and started crying. A classmate asked what was up and when I reluctantly told him he dug in his pocket to see what he had on him. I’ll never forget that.
Larry, the Navy guy, if you are out there, and were in San Angelo, Texas, in 1975, everythings okay now. If I’d had kids I’d have named one for you.
SHe asked her how much she needed with a annoyed look on her face.
You are just bound and determined to make your discomfort the star of this show, aren’t you?
Why would that be an indication of discomfort, as opposed to compassion? THAT is the normal response I would expect from someone who sees a colleague in distress. Not ‘jeez, there’s no reason to cry out loud, you’re making me uncomfortable’.