Message #47689

[peana]

Confession time - I've never been shouted at in the office, but I once lost my temper completely, yelling & swearing down the whole length of a large office!  I was pretty ashamed of my behaviour, however my boss thought I was justified in my actions (the person I yelled at got everyone's goat) - he actually found it amusing (not sure about his management style!).  I was on a different site to my usual office when it happend, and when I got back the following week everyone had heard about the escapade.  I was sure I'd face a lot of stick, but everyone thought it was great and was surprised no one had blown up with this individual sooner!  It actually raised my profile and people started treating me with much more respect!

I'm not proud of my behaviour, but it felt great at the time.  I'm still pretty surprised at the positive response I got from everyone - I was sure I'd face a disciplinary.  Luckily, as I was normally based in a different office, my path never crossed that of the recipent of my wrath again.  It certainly would have been awkward to have had to work with her day in day out.  It's definitely not something I ever hope to repeat (my stress levels are far better these days).