A terrible day for her

A terrible day at work. For my colleague (A) so to say. He (A) walked in and demanded to speak to colleague (A), while she is on the line. One thing lead to another. Saying she was arrogant, how to work in private sector with such attitude. The whole scenario got more and more personal and heated. All he wants was an apology and be pacified. All she wants is to allow herself to explain. With the rest of us in this small room, every spoken words were heard. Non of us spoke up. Cos non of us knew what's going on.

The other colleague (B) who brought him into our office, cried. She cried becos he asked for her name. She sensed something terrible, a complain or something against her.

I listened and was about to walk over and apologise to him on behalf of my dept and pacify him that we will improve our procedures in future. But who am I to do that, I thought. I am new, I know head nor tail of the whole issue or the earlier agreement. I don know if my colleague (A) wil be happy about us taking up the rap which may sound as if its her mistake. So I kept still till the end.

Then someone called him (B) in. He (A) don't wanna speak to him (B). When colleague (B) explains he (B) is the Head. He (A) obliged. He (B) invites him (A) into his (B) room for chat. So colleague (A), him (A) and him (B) went in together. Mins passed. In the end, its still, an apology to solve the whole issue. Colleague (A), return to her desk next to mine, and sobbed. I sent her an email to cheer her up, walked over with a packet of tissue and started hearing her grievances. Everyday, she don't know who will just pop by and shout at her. 7 years in the same job, she said she had enough. I comforted her. Shared with her my experiences. Such ppl you will meet even in the market. They are everywhere. I hopes she feels better tomorrow. Am glad this situation happened. Cos its an opportunity to strengthen my relations with my fellow colleagues and hear more stuff about this office. :)

At the end of this story, is that, there is no one to stand up for you for that crucial moment even if you are damn right or so. You can try to defence. You can say you are right. But no one will care who or what goes wrong. All it takes is to remove your dignity and pride, then apologise. Which is easier said than done. But then again, the choice is yours.

An angry man is a hungry man who just need to EAT YOU UP!