I work for a woman who contracts to a company so she's considered self employed and I'm her employee. At the office are company employees as well, but neither she nor I actually work for them.
Today I arrive for work and as I'm taking off my coat and hanging it up, the office manager says good morning to me. I said hello back and instantly he jumped all over me for not turning to face him when I spoke. I apologized but he continued to berate me, pretty much making me feel like some little kid he had to set straight (I'm almost 40). Personally if someone was doing something and didn't turn to face me when they said hello, it wouldn't bother me one way or the other, but maybe that's just me. Anyway, all day I've been hearing his tone in my head and it's really ticking me off.
I'm pretty easy going but I can't stomach anyone talking down to me. I apologized, that should've been the end of it, at least that's how I feel, but it wasn't. The lecture was making others uncomfortable and I feel he over stepped his bounds. My boss did warn me that sometimes he has his moments when he's just unbearable to be around, guess this was one of those days.
Just wondering how anyone else would've handled it. I kept my mouth shut but honestly, I wanted to blast him right then and there. Sorry this is long, I needed to let off some steam.
Today I arrive for work and as I'm taking off my coat and hanging it up, the office manager says good morning to me. I said hello back and instantly he jumped all over me for not turning to face him when I spoke. I apologized but he continued to berate me, pretty much making me feel like some little kid he had to set straight (I'm almost 40). Personally if someone was doing something and didn't turn to face me when they said hello, it wouldn't bother me one way or the other, but maybe that's just me. Anyway, all day I've been hearing his tone in my head and it's really ticking me off.
I'm pretty easy going but I can't stomach anyone talking down to me. I apologized, that should've been the end of it, at least that's how I feel, but it wasn't. The lecture was making others uncomfortable and I feel he over stepped his bounds. My boss did warn me that sometimes he has his moments when he's just unbearable to be around, guess this was one of those days.
Just wondering how anyone else would've handled it. I kept my mouth shut but honestly, I wanted to blast him right then and there. Sorry this is long, I needed to let off some steam.