Hi ladies,
Today was a rough one at work. It's been busy lately, so I often can't even pop on here at lunch. Today I had to present a proposal for some new products--pretty routine ones at that. Well, my line of products has had some problems lately, and we're currently in danger of missing our launch date. Because of this, one VP is already pretty pissed at all of us (he seems to be a perpetually angry person).
I presented my document, and he had a lot of questions that were outside the scope of the meeting and another group's responsibility. I tried to explain that my group just makes the product, and we were looking for approval to go ahead with development. Another group would need to be involved to address his issues. I tried to be polite but firm with him.
After I already felt really crappy about how the meeting went (it's amazing the things people will find to nit pick), my boss came by right before I was about to leave. Apparently this person called my boss and said I was rude and didn't care about what was going on. My boss already had a hard time believing that and even spoke to someone else who was there (there were about 12 people in this meeting), who said there wasn't an issue.
Apparently angry person also gets offended easily. I admit, I probably did cut him off when I was trying to explain things. I now know I should really watch out for that in the future. However, I am really bummed that someone thought I was rude enough to warrant complaining to my boss. Fortunately, my boss isn't really bothered. He said this same guy hated him for two years. The only downside is that if I ever want to get promoted, angry person is one of the many people who need to approve, but I do work in a place with a few hundred people.
Even though I've been at my company for a year and a half, he apparently didn't know who I was, and I've had plenty of meetings with him. I'm hoping by the time I need to face him again, he'll forget.
CLIFF NOTES: I had a rough meeting today followed by someone complaining to my boss that I was rude in said meeting. I now feel really bummed about it, even though I don't think I was rude.