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Crying at work: A sign of strength, weakness or just being human? [not satire?]
bbc ^ | Faarea Masud and Karen Hoggan

Posted on 07/05/2025 6:01:50 AM PDT by BenLurkin

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To: BenLurkin

It could depend on whether crying is sincere, or being done as a manipulation. And if sincere, use sparingly. It’s generally off-putting to almost everyone around you.


41 posted on 07/05/2025 8:08:22 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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To: BenLurkin

I used to manage call centers. These were offices with 500 or so agents each in multiple locations. The staff was probably 85% female.

Someone crying at work usually happened on a day ending in “y.”

No one really gave the “act” much thought. Obviously we would verify why they were crying. Most of the time it had little to do with work.


42 posted on 07/05/2025 8:11:24 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: BenLurkin

And, abandoning “old-school idea that professionalism means leaving emotion at the door” is how you can spot a corrupted system and a batch of incompetent DEI hires.


43 posted on 07/05/2025 8:18:49 AM PDT by bobbo666
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To: BenLurkin

I once supported a project where the Colonel in charge cried on several occasions. At one point, she started crying in a staff meeting because it was snowing and she was worried about her driveway.

I left the project shortly after that. I won’t work for someone I don’t respect. My view later shifted a bit: I decided I would never work for a woman. The new boss is a woman? I’m out the door.


44 posted on 07/05/2025 8:22:35 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: BenLurkin

The women claimed they wanted to be treated as equals by men in the world of work, but they expect to be allowed to cry like little girls at the office.

Suck it up, buttercup. Take it like a man, or go home.


45 posted on 07/05/2025 8:37:44 AM PDT by Bigg Red ( Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.)
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To: Harpotoo

Exactly.


46 posted on 07/05/2025 8:38:23 AM PDT by Bigg Red ( Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.)
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To: Ezekiel

Well said.


47 posted on 07/05/2025 8:39:02 AM PDT by Bigg Red ( Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.)
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To: Bigg Red

The BBC hopelessly woke, doing everything they can to prop up the left wing politicians and the Starmer government.


48 posted on 07/05/2025 9:02:25 AM PDT by phil00071
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To: BenLurkin

I’m a nurse. Seen a lot of and that’s just working with sadistic dysfunctional nurses - aside from some of the best of us. I also taught high school.
I haven’t cried at work yet.


49 posted on 07/05/2025 9:07:25 AM PDT by stanne (Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
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To: BenLurkin

The article seems insane, but the comments here reassure me that normals still exist with standards of behavior that make the world work smoothly.


50 posted on 07/05/2025 9:17:09 AM PDT by mairdie
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To: BenLurkin
WorthlessAndWeak
51 posted on 07/05/2025 9:22:00 AM PDT by MikelTackNailer (Spreading metal gospel on Sesame Street - Pastor of Muppets.)
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To: phil00071

Yes


52 posted on 07/05/2025 9:30:39 AM PDT by Bigg Red ( Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.)
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To: BenLurkin

There is No crying at work.
😉


53 posted on 07/05/2025 9:52:07 AM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you are filthy animal !)
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To: BenLurkin

It’s OK for chicks.


54 posted on 07/05/2025 10:55:35 AM PDT by xone ( )
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