Intolerable Behavior in the Work Place

In a fit of uncontrolled anger, a man lost his job today.  Why was he angry?  I don't know.  He was probably  stressed to the hilt, with debts piling up and family problems rising like flood.  All these things may have been too much for his already fogged up mind and the slightest provocation sends his temper soaring sky-high.

Except that, I didn't provoke this person.  I merely performed my duties as his supervisor with all the considerations I could possibly accord him.  But as I try to discuss things with him, he flared up as if it's my fault that I caught him sleeping while on duty and I had no right to chastise him.

Discipline in the Workplace

thinking, a photo by soulfish on Flickr.

Some people just don't care that much about rules.  We meet that kind of people everywhere we go.  It just so happens that a lot of them were probably herded here, where I work.  And it is my misfortune that they are sort of under me.  Phew! I kind of feel like a police officer sometimes, or a drill sergeant, or maybe a prison warden?

Supervising workers is much like taking care of children.  Well, sort of.  Sometimes though, it's the kind of "kids" that gives "parents" a considerable amount of head ache and heart palpitations coupled with spiking blood pressure. Challenging huh?  Well, it is! More so because we are not talking here about children but adults who are supposed to have the maturity level we can expect from adults.