Recently I had to deal with some very rude behavior from two different (male, higher in rank than me) co-workers. Both are known as men with rude reputations. The first man, over three days, told me we needed to a)’get someone who knows what they are doing’ in to solve his problem (and more along that line), and also what the (retired systems analyst) guy at the bowling alley said was the problem! I eventually got so angry during our final conversation on the subject that I excused myself and handed the phone to my boss, who completed the call. The other man threw a temper tantrum (yes, he threatened to go home, stomped and swore) when I rebooted the server at 7 am, not knowing he had come in early to work (yeah, I should have checked who was signed on, and I apologised, but he reacted with the kind of behavior I wouldn’t have let my six year old get away with!)
Okay, that’s the story. The problem is that I told my boss about both of these incidents, which I felt she needed to address as a respect (not to say manners) issue with both of these men, and got nowhere. As a person who worked her way up through the ranks into my current network/systems/helpdesk admin position, I need her support when I’m treated like this, and I’m notgetting it.
I need suggestions on a) how to address this with my boss and b) how to address this with the two men so that it doesn’t happen in the future. I had a good working relationship with both of these men before these incidents, but am finding it difficult to maintain anything like a civil relationship right now (especially with Mr. Temper Tantrum).
