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Grown-ups who cry when they get "in trouble"

Dave!

Hey folks,

just wondering what your thoughts are on these people. I'll give you an example.

There's a girl in work, and she was away for 2 weeks, but rather than ask for the time off she gave away her shifts. Fair enough. But she couldn't get rid of one (the night before she came home anyway), so she tried to ring in sick, but they kinda guilted her out of it, and she ended up telling the truth about being away, etc...
Anyway, the job were telling her that she has to do the shift, they can't let her off it, and all that, and so she... started balling her eyes out while on the phone to them. Now that right there smacks of "fuckineejitry" to me, but then she called her mother, who then rang the job to moan at them. She ended up getting the night off I believe.

In the thread about Eastern Europeans, someone mentioned they know someone who had to pay a fine for the bus, but started crying, so ended up getting off it, and getting some free tickets.

Now, what do ye think of these people? Are they just chancers? Scumbags? Immature? Is it a normal reaction when you're getting "in trouble"? People used to do it often enough in school, but in "the real world", it's a bit much is it not?

normal reaction? immature?

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Miguel_Sanchez

If someone who worked for me tried to go home 'upset' because they'd been given out to I think they'd have to start looking for another job pretty damn quick.

Of course nobody works for me.

But if they did!

Ragazza

Seraphina wrote:

thats just pathetic. its always women, and i blame the overly pc society that lets them get away with it. daddy's little girl can't be treated that way, everything is harrassment now, and they know it.

eh... little harsh, I am not 'Daddys little girl' trying to get my way, I am just making the point, there are some folks that just cant control the waterworks!

*runs off sobbing*

Seraphina

thats just pathetic. its always women, and i blame the overly pc society that lets them get away with it. daddy's little girl can't be treated that way, everything is harrassment now, and they know it.

Ragazza

I cry at every strong emotion be it frustration, anger, fear, nervousness, happyness, if I laugh I cry at the same time. I have cried my way through two job interviews, most doctors visits, you get the picture... I just carry on and ask that the other people ignore the tears.

I can't help it! But I never go home 'upset', or use it to get my way. (I frequently get my way anyway because men are afraid of a crying woman)
My boss gives out all the time cause I am late, but strangly I never cry when he is giving out! (Could be I don't care enough)

Dave!

Sleipnir wrote:

It's always women.

It's always women.

Uh-oh, someone said it

BTW, is anybody here one of the cryers? Do ye wanna tell us why you do it? Give us some insight!

Sleipnir

Yeah my mate is a manager in a bank and he pulled one of his staff up on her work who promptly cried, went to bathroom with her friends who consoled her. Then she went home "upset" and didn't come back for a week! A fcuking week!

Then he had the same situation with another girl only this was because she was consistently late. He said something like "Are you having trouble getting in in the morning because you're often late for work?"
BURSTS into tears and goes to HR because he's "picking on her" Another couple of days off to recover from the nightmare.

I had to apologise to a girl once because I shouted at her to drop the live computer power supply she was holding which had no cover on it.
I shouted because she could very easily have electrocuted herself but no, I was "mean" to her. She was off for two days.

It's always women.

It's always women.

Dave!

Jeff_Lebowski wrote:

I don't see how you could class someone who cries easily as a 'scumbag'.

I was just puttin the option out there

Jeff_Lebowski wrote:

How old is this girl you work with?

She's 18, which isn't too bad, but still... she's not in school... How many more years before she stops doing this?

Anyways the story was just to demonstrate the point, I hear and see this crap all the time

Miguel_Sanchez

I don't see how you could class someone who cries easily as a 'scumbag'.

Anyways - if someone just cries at the slightest bit of trouble then they would seem to be a bit high strung to me.

However some people know exactly what they are doing and turn on the tears to get away with things. Depends on the person really.

How old is this girl you work with?

Kiera

I hate people like this. It could be because no matter how much trouble I’m in I cant even force one tear out. I have a friend like this and my boyfriends mother also does this. She’s 46. This really gets on my wick!
Normal reaction: No
Immature: Yes (very)