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People Crying at work

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    #31
    Originally posted by original PM View Post
    The problem actually stems from a bullying culture if you dig deep enough.
    Spot on - mistakes happen through lack of experience; experience comes from making mistakes. People should be allowed to make mistakes with sufficiently rigorous procedure in place to ensure that the mistakes aren't catastrophic.

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      #32
      I've never cried at work, but I was taking care of some little bits left over from a large virtualisation project when the SAN threw a hissy fit. The root cause was **** all to do with me, but I was the only representative on-site and there was a moment when I very seriously considered simply packing up and leaving.

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        #33
        People Crying at work

        Originally posted by GlenW View Post
        Seeing other people crying at work does offer the hope of an extension to cover them going to a loony bin for a while. Every cloud and all that.
        When someone goes off or gets sacked or is terminated, my initial thought is can I have his monitor if it's better than mine....

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          #34
          Originally posted by stek View Post
          When someone goes off or gets sacked or is terminated, my initial thought is can I have his monitor if it's better than mine....
          Already did that at where I am now, gave me a warm feeling at the time knowing I was being positive and forward thinking.
          I'm not even an atheist so much as I am an antitheist; I not only maintain that all religions are versions of the same untruth, but I hold that the influence of churches, and the effect of religious belief, is positively harmful. [Christopher Hitchens]

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            #35
            I went back into work after the weekend when my daughter nearly died 8 years ago. It was a shocking weekend.

            I found myself getting upset during the middle of the day, so took myself off into the toilets, choked back a couple of tears before going back out and punching out the PM.
            What happens in General, stays in General.
            You know what they say about assumptions!

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