There are things that make you pretty upset or pissed off even at work. The below list is what I have gather from my 20 odd years of experiences that I have learnt to let it go and not to be overly upset. It is hard when your work represent who you are but sometimes it is not within your control and you need to blow off the steam and look the other way. Or take it by the stride and improve. I’m still learning, by the way…
1. When your work get ignored by management
2. When the ideas you put up gets shot down for no reason
3. Your colleagues forgot to ask you to join them for lunch
4. Nobody tells you about that important meeting and made you missed it
5. Someone gossip untruths about you
6. Your boss ignores your opinions in the meeting
7. Your client refused to talk to you and asked for someone else instead.
8. Your boss asked you to buck up in your performance even though yours is at the top of your department
9. You did the right thing but get reprimanded for it
10. Your management chooses someone incompetent to be promoted
11. Your management plays the hierarchy card on you
12. You thought he is your friend when your colleague backstabs you
13. You thought your team had your back but they threw you under the bus
14. You are called back from your leave to resolve a simple problem
15. Someone used your cup without asking and left it on your desk, unwashed
16. Someone borrowed your calculator and conveniently misplace it thrice in this month
17. You have done all you can but it is still not good enough
18. The janitor shuts down all the power leaving you, alone, in the building at your desk, rushing to complete your work
19. Your boss said something in confidence and made you not to tell anyone else, ends up announcing it to the whole world next minute
20. Someone took credit for your work
21. Your boss dismissed your effort after working on a project overnight for him
22. Your boss refused to listen to your explanation and prefer to side with someone else
23. You are cornered to do something against your beliefs
24. Someone took the sandwich you left in the fridge for tonight’s overtime without asking.
25. When someone think your ideas suck and give you one million and one reasons that don’t make sense
26. When your management chooses to invest in a bootlicker than a hard worker
27. Your staff maliciously gossip behind your back
28. When someone attacks my team just because our results are better than theirs
29. When I fail to protect my staff from everything I did what I could
30. When one of my staff did something wrong and choose to hide it from me, instead of being honest
31. When one of my staff undermines my decision and chose the wrong path morally
So what are the things you are most upset about at work? Share with us at the comments below.
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