Message #47732

[sobriquetnic]

Hi all

A few years back, a co-worker launched a tirade of abuse directed at me because I suggested to another colleague that he might be able to move some boxes for her.  I got the works, swearing, shouting etc etc.  I was so shocked that I actually just cried!  

This particular co-worker got the cold shoulder from everyone else for the rest of the day and another colleague of mine got very annoyed about it and reported him to every superior she could think of!  Needless to say he apologised later and of course it transpired that he was just having a really bad day and being asked to move some boxes was the last straw (I'm sure men get PMT too!).

In my 12 years with this company, that has been the only occasion when I have been shouted at.  I have been spoken to very reasonably when there has been a problem of my making and I appreciate that.  That seems to be the way things work around here in general.

All the best,
Nicola.