I went to MSN and found an article about office crybabies. This article had some extremely profound insight. For instant, it said that crying at the office is a bad thing. Really? I thought that crying was acceptable (tongue firmly implanted in cheek).
Of course crying is unacceptable at work! I think it is unacceptable for reasons you may not consider. Why would someone cry at work? Most likely because something went wrong. You were criticized. You were made fun of. An idea of yours is shot down. My premise is that crying is unacceptable because work is not that important! Think about it, you are an expendable unit that can be fired or laid off at anytime and the organization will continue without you. Why get upset with a person or entity that cares so little about you? If the most despicable person you knew said you were ugly would you cry? You probably would not well up with tears because you don’t respect the person. Your office doesn’t respect you, you shouldn't respect the office. So don’t cry. It is that simple.
If something bad happens, move on. If your boss yells at you and pulls out a gun, then sure, ball your eyes out. But unless physical violence is threatened, accept the criticism and move on with work and life. Life is way to short to worry about what you boss says. Like you, he (or she) is not that important either. The company can get rid of him (or her) just as easily as they can get rid of you.
There are instances where I think crying is completely acceptable (and I’m being serious). If you get a phone call about a death in the family, tears are okay. If another 9/11 happens (God forbid), crying is okay. If personal tragedy strikes at work, tears should fall.
Outside of tragedy, take EVERYTHING anyone says at work with a grain of salt. They, like you, are wholly unimportant to the organization.
1 comment:
Dunno if I agree. I mean, so what if people care about their jobs and get upset when they are repremanded, scorned, rejected, etc.? Careers can be important to people on many levels. To you, it may be just a paycheck. To others, it could be their lives. To me, it's somewhere in between. There is nothing wrong with having a passion for what you do.
You can't just make blanket assumptions in life. Just because something is unimportant to you, doesn't make it so for everyone. For example, I don't like dogs. I think people that treat their dogs like family are ridiculous. I think people who kiss their dogs are idiots. Just because I don't 'get it' though, doesn't mean that I think others should think that dogs are unimportant. Whatever floats your boat, you know?
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