Well blow me down. According to some article from some news service, when people are treated rudely in the workplace, it’s a bad, bad thing.
The headshrinker quoted in the piece claims that “75 percent of workers say they’re treated rudely at least once a year” and that it harms workplace productivity. Why, the poor dears may up and quit? The horror.
Seriously, if only that were the case. Why, simply be <i>ruuuuude</i> and your sensitive little incompetents will get out of your hair? I wish!
Speaking as a manager, I’ll tell you I respect someone who calls me on my rudeness than someone who simpers about it and complains behind my back.
The fact is that sometimes worker bees need a little kick in the ass, and if they can’t take it, they should find a new situation. Frankly, in the uncertain economic times, if someone saves me the expense of giving them a layoff package, so much the better.
