Yesterday there was an issue at work that really pissed me off.  So today I did something about it.

The story set up is long so I will not go into the details but the issue is this:  a "co-worker", I call her that because I do not know if she is still my boss or not and she might still be and that is fine with me, lost her cool yesterday and took it out on me.  She told me, and I quote, "I am not your damn secretary, I won't take your phone calls, and I won't do your credit releases for you".  She was shouting this at me in the middle of the hallway at the office.  But not right at me.  She was shouting at the wall adjacent to the entrance to my office in my direction with her arms flailing in and out of my office.  This makes me mad just thinking about it.  No wonder I hate working there.

NO ONE AND I MEAN NO ONE SPEAKS TO ME LIKE THIS.  I do not care who they are, what position of authority they have, or who they think they are, I will be addressed in the proper manner.  No excuses.  If I wrong somebody I know it when I do it and when I come to my senses I apologize for my actions.  That is the right thing to do.

So the day went by with this "co-worker"  not speaking to me or the others in my department all day.  I was not in the wrong in any way for this person to speak to me this way and I have witnesses that backed me up and heard it all.  With no apology by the end of the day I got madder and madder about this.

This morning I read my employees manual and found out the correct course of action to take, which I did.  I called the supervisor of the dept. and told him that I was livid about what happened and needed to report it to him.  He was off today but came in anyway to deal with the situation. 

So he asked me to come into her office to deal with this which I did.  I was so mad I was shaking.  He started the mediation and she of course denied what she did.  She did an abrupt face when I told her I had witnesses.  I looked her staight in the eye and said "no one speaks to me like that.  If you have issues with me, you need to deal with me in a professional manner".

She apologized several times and almost came to tears.  I accepted her apology and even though I was still pissed off, I went back to work.  My anger cooled after a while and everything got better.  We even spoke a few times and were cordial to each other.  Lets just see how next week goes with the supervisor on vacation.

I guess I got my point across.