Fed up
Today at work I called a meeting for a project I am responsible for and that I work on with two male colleagues. One of them is hot headed and goes in moods whenever he receives constructive feedback on his work. Not only is this unprofessional but I am ashamed to say I have been trying numerous ways of giving feedback to try to make it easier for him and nothing that I do ever works. Why should I be modifying my behaviour to accommodate this angry man when clearly it is his issue to deal with. Anyway a few minutes into the meeting my colleagues started discussing another project which they are both working on. I waited for an appropriate moment to say “Okay, back to what we were talking about…” while one of them continued to send messages on his phone about his other project. I then mentioned that I would be reviewing work this week and I understood that people don’t always like going back to work and making changes but it is just part of the process. The angry man replied that this was only an issue when the instructions given by me are not clear. He completely ignored my point and assigned blame to me before anything had actually happened. A few weeks earlier he had stormed over to my desk demanding that I modify his work myself because it had been on my screen. Why can certain men not handle a situation where a women is giving them instructions. It’s pathetic. I have never enjoyed this. I don’t know where women get the reputation as being emotional because in my experience I have only ever encountered emotional men at work. All of the women I work with just do their jobs without any drama. Why do men get away with behaving like this? What is wrong with the world.