Where We Try to Resolve (not Absolve) Workplace Wickedness
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avid reader(11/29/2006)
Michael Richards really blew all the respect I had for him. He was my favorite character on Seinfeld and now I can't even watch the reruns I enjoyed so much. I am just absolutely disgusted by his behavior. I know he made a mistake and I pity him because he does seem to be sorry. But I wonder if maybe salvaging a career has more to do with it than a guilty conscience?
sheila(11/30/2006)
I really do believe that he is sorry. He has now admitted an anger/rage management problem and says he is seeking help. You have to cut people a break sometimes. The hurt and damage is still done, but he is human and when someone is truly sorry and begins real work to fix the problem, you have to acknolwedge that.
 the confessor(11/30/2006)
One also wonders what would have happened if he asked club security to simply remove the hecklers. What can happen is that you try to ignore workplace hecklers and backbiters beyond endurance in a "show of strength", when in fact their actions should be immediately exposed as what they are (e.g. "you're not telling the truth", "you're preventing me from doing my job at the expense of the company", "you're jealous and angry at my skills and abilities"). By letting anger build, it becomes unmanageable.
 the cynic(12/01/2006)
Someone should have told this to the coworker with the "strong personality" at one of my internships, who literally screamed at me and called me a moron in front of a group of emotionally challenged kids. Then told me that by walking away instead of "setting an example for resolving a conflict" by staying there and arguing with her, *I* was a model of bad parenting for these children.
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Martia (11/27/2006)
What Michael Richards said was awful to say the least, but please do not excuse the hecklers as they knew exactly what they were doing would cause agitation. And, now they want recompense in the form of monitary gain - PALESE! Self-control is a daily thought process which turns into a habitual thought process for life, but there are times when all of us want to reach out and just VENT! And, people wonder where the venom comes from; just listen to what is said on a daily basis and know that this trash subconsciously enters your mind - it's all around. I've been called horrendous names and this has entered my mind and at some point(s) it may work its way out. But, hopefully, with a lot of self-discipline, I will control it. Bullies are like wild animals and should take note of what happens sometimes when they go too far.
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