Crying at work....

larrygaga · May 2014

When I worked at mcdonalds as a teen, I had a drink thrown in my face. It was a super busy day and I was already stressed. If you guys have never worked in fast food, you would not believe how stressful and awful it is. I yelled at the customer and threw the cup back at the bitch. I stormed away and went into the boss's office and cried. They sent me home a bit early and they weren't super mad. At least they had my back about it. I think the lady isn't allowed back.

Sugargirl1019 · May 2014

I'm a nurse too, and besides the really sad moments and crying with your patients, I DID break down and cry on two separate conditions.

The first time I was overly emotional about missing Fi and I cried while deciding that I was going to drive 5 hours as soon as I got off work to see him. Yea my coworkers probably thought I was crazy.

The second time, I had been fired by a patient. She screamed and yelled at me and requested management come into her room, so I walled down the hall and got to the nurses desk and got a few words out and started BAWLING. Couldn't even hold it together. I had to go to the break room and just cry with my coworkers being like "they're crazy, you're the nicest nurse ever, it must be a misunderstanding". It was really frustrating to be hated by someone.

ShadeofGreen816 · May 2014

Man, @sugargirl1019, I wish I could say I've only cried twice! Although, I have only truly broken down maybe 3-4 times. Usually just a difficult patient (usually an alcoholic, OD, or someone else who basically did this to themselves and then either yells/is rude or is inadvertently difficult because their brain is too addled to know what they're doing) that makes me feel bad at my job and then someone will say just that ONE LITTLE THING you're worried about and BAM! Waterworks.

Not proud, but once I cried on my birthday at work. Hahaha I had a guy who I couldn't make look "pretty," and I had been working with him all day, and one of our particularly type-A nurses came in and started nitpicking EVERYTHING. I lost it! Sobbing in the equipment room-style. I was super embarrassed but it was so frustrating to feel like what I was doing was wrong - when it really wasn't. She just didn't know what had been going on.

Blergbot · May 2014

Too late, I had all the wine for you!

Sugargirl1019 · May 2014

@SarahRN87 I've cried plenty of times with patients and family members though.. Just those two moments were not really "sad patient condition" induced. It's hard, you don't want to be seen as 'unprofessional' if you break down in front of a patient or family member because they are dying or deciding to pull the plug or were just diagnosed with a glioblastoma. You want to be strong and supportive for them when everything else is crumbling around them.

selenathegreat · May 2014

OH GAWD I've cried at work SO many times, mostly because of work being awful and occasionally because of life being awful. Hugs to everyone.

ElcaB · May 2014

Cookie Pusher said:

I've cried at almost every job I've had except for my current one. It was always a combination of very bad supervisors and equally obnoxious coworkers. I'm pretty good at articulating my thoughts but when I'm being threatened or verbally abused without being able to defend myself, I get so frustrated that tears just automatically come out. Hot, angry tears where normally swearing would be occurring.

Yup yup yup. I can relate to this.

littledog25 · May 2014

I worked at a bank for two years right out of high school. Despite the plethora of imbecilic, impatient, and downright rude customers, I usually managed to hold myself together. Until one time, on an insanely busy day, this old lady comes to my wicket and starts tearing a strip out of me for this error on her bank account (I don't even remember what it was, or if it was my mistake or someone else's...). I tried to calm her down so I could decipher what the issue was, but she continued on cussing and yelling and assuring me I was a fool. I couldn't hold the tears back any longer, and they came streaming out. Thankfully my manager heard the commotion, came to take over, and I escaped to the break room to have a good cry and calm down.

That's the only time I've ever totally lost it. But I've definitely had the tears of frustration and built up emotions at other jobs. I can assuredly sympathize with all of you.

tigersgirlgv · May 2014

I worked retail during the summers when I was in college and one day on my way to work I just started bawling. I had no idea why; nothing set me off. I got into the store still crying and all of my co-workers were super nice and asking me what was wrong. It was pretty embarrassing to say, "Nothing. I have no idea what's going on." They let me calm down and relax in the food court area for a few minutes before I started working... I also cried when I got laid off a few years ago. But, my principal was also crying because she felt so badly about it. She actually told a co-worker/friend to take the afternoon off and take me out to lunch.

ETA: paragraphs or maybe not... Don't know what's going on.

JennyColada · May 2014

Oh wait, there was a third time that I cried: an employee of mine was pissy that I wouldn't let her go home early (she called another associate to come I and never informed me of the schedule change). So she yelled at me and told me "you're a bad manager". After she stormed out I shut my office door and cried in my office.

KytchynWitche · May 2014

I cried once at the law firm, when my mom called to tell me our dog had to be put down. Twice at the video store because of shitty colleagues. Once at the book store because there was an accident on the main road to work and it took us half an hour to move 200m, once because a regular was murdered in her home less than a block away and she had been in the store the day before, and once because my boss yelled at me because some crazypants woman caused shit in the store. Once at the newsagent because the manager threw a pen at my head and swore at me for no good reason. And once at the wine magazine because FI (then BF) and I had had a bit of a row, just after I moved in, before he told his parents that I had moved in.

We all cry sometimes. It doesn't mean we're weak, it just means we're real.

kmmssg · May 2014

I hate female supervisors who say things like

"Ugh. I HATE crying in front of people and I'm just glad my boss did not see me. She's even said before she can't think of a single reason you would openly cry at work.

When I was in the military I usually hated it when I got female supervisors. I can work for a guy so much easier than a female. The ones I hated the worst were the ones who chose to be single and childless so they could have no other life than the military. That in turn means we needed no other life than the military.

To be fair, not EVERY one of the ones who chose to be childless and single were heinous bitches, but for MY experience, it happened a whole lot more with them than anyone else. They would never cry and ridiculed you if you did, and sounded a lot like OP's supervisor. I detest supervisors like that.

I don't endorse regular cry baby drama queens at work, but we are all human and stuff happens and once in awhile it happens at work and it makes you cry.

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