Have you ever shouted in Work?

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In anger, rather than over the noise of the boiler room?

I have. At a colleague who ate roll mop herring at his desk. I was just pregnant and it made me heave all day.

Shouting at the PC and the copier that won't copy does not count.

I have occasionally yelled out YES when the news has been good but so far when I have wanted to say Fuck you after a phone call I have done so quietly - well, not too loudly anyway!

No and I used to be a teacher.

I’ve shouted at a pupil in a controlled “angry” voice but never in an out of controlled way.

I'm a Kitchen Manager and my chefs and I shout all the time. Its a loud (non-customer facing) environment so its part of how we communicate. I don't think I've ever worked in a quiet kitchen?

No, never have and never will.

Sorry but I lose respect for anyone who shouts at another person in a workplace unless for a reason such as safety (a warning) or due to noise levels.

Don't know why some chefs get off on barking at people in their kitchens. I have worked in kitchens with firm but calm/polite head chefs and it makes the whole kitchen so much better for all.

Yes. 1990. "Get your fucking hands off me" to a lecherous old goat i worked with. Not before or since.

Only when a car crashed into our office coming straight through the big glass windows at the front. I think I shouted something like "call a fucking ambulance" at a passerby who was taking photos on his phone.

A mouse ran over my foot one night when I had to stay late. Security rather nonchalantly said "Thought you were being murdered" They didn't come up to bloody see, though did they?

I´m a teacher. I have never shouted at a pupil. No teacher ever should. You can raise your voice but it should never be in an out of control way. If a teacher does that, it is a major sign that they are not coping with their workload and need help.

But I have shouted at a colleague. I think most of the teachers in my school have done so at some point. See also - burst into uncontrollable sobbing. It usually comes from a combination end of term exhaustion and the pressure of finishing off work/marking papers/writing reports.

I shouted loud enough for thirty colleagues to run to my aid when a normally sensible woman unexpectedly put cold hands on my pregnant bump, without asking. It was terrifying and painful.

No regrets.

I did once lose it at work and shout at an annoying colleague which was a sign I really wasn't coping and I ended up taking a few weeks off to deal with stuff. Obviously apologised profusely to said colleague and left it to manager to deal with their annoying aspects.

In the early days of teaching in some challenging, unsupportive schools with very ineffective systems. There comes a point when you are effectively trapped with a significant number of unruly, disruptive people, and frustrated that you can't get your job done and your patience gives out. Unfortunately strategies that may work in other environments such as taking yourself off for 5 minutes to regain your composure is not viable.

It's not effective long term and the shock value is easily lost. Projecting loudly to be heard and bringing the volume down as you talk is better at getting attention and calming a loud class. My favourite method became pull up a chair, take a seat and gaze meditatvely at a random spot on the wall and wait for it to get boring, then snap out of it, thank them for being quiet and carry on from where I was interrupted.
My favourite method for random humming was to hum along too. Disruption gets a bit dull when there's no conflict and attention to feed off.

I've never lost it and ranted at an individual though.

Yes, when I was pregnant and a colleague ‘pretended’ to trip me up but actually did. I’m very shy but I just instantly screamed fuck off in front of the whole office (about 60 people)

I have. Once when someone shouted at me for calling her the name she was on the rota as. I coldly said 'We will discuss this outside this residents room', finished the care, went in to the corridor and let rip about her interrupting me caring for someone to yell about something so petty.

Another time, when I caught a notoriously lazy person hiding in a residents room when they weren't there, watching TV. I may have actually shouted that if he spent as much effort in doing his job as he did in avoiding work, he might actually be a valuable member of staff.

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Shouted for help many times.
Shouted as in a “don’t you dare!” To stop people hitting other people/me.
Shouted when a tall shelving unit collapsed on me (wasn’t hurt as it hit the wall and I had ducked).
Shouted at/to very sick people to assess consciousness when rapid deterioration.

Yeah whenever I have worked in a kitchen. Everyone just shouted and swore at each other though, that's how we communicated. Really lovely environment

Not at someone but did throw my laptop and scream FFS just before Xmas when it failed to start up for the 10th day in a row despite it being with IT for hours on end and being assured it was "fine". Our office is quite quiet I got some strange looks and my colleague took it straight to IT for me as he was worried I may lose it with them - he is an angel and was absolutely right!

Yes.
I was a restaurant manager and there were people shagging in the loos. I shouted at them.

The other staff were all much younger and said it was when they recognised my "mum" side.

Not at a person but definitely at my phone (which sometimes switches itself off), my laptop (when it wiped three days worth of time recording and a document that I had just spent three hours on) and the photocopier (which just eats stuff sometimes).

Never at anyone, but often at the world in general and usually with swear words. We all do it, it's a sort of venting when we've had very stressful experiences with clients.

Once to a boss I hated and she hated me. I told her that she may have been my boss but there was no way she'd ever be my superior. I can't remember what the argument was about now but I'm still proud of that line

We have passionate discussions.

We swear with frustration or excitement (but not AT each other!)

People can get a bit snappy (me included ).

The ones who don't give a shit about the business don't do any of the above.

I think managers shout due to stress. We only have one shouted. She's scary and I shouted back once

Never in anger.
Have shouted to be heard over engine/machinery/whatever or to warn someone about something.
And to be honest just when we’ve been bored and messing about.

Could you not just have spoken to him first?
I work in a fairly relaxed and unconventional environment but we’d still get a serious talking to for that!

Yeah, but 8R were being arseholes that day.

Three times- the first was when I had to access a food chiller as part of my role, it was a mess and was blocking fire exits. When I called the duty manager to get it sorted he shrugged his shoulders and asked why I thought it was anything to do with him. I remember asking if he was joking and on his reply losing it slightly and telling him rather loudly why it was his job. He had the team responsible sort it out shortly after.

The second was when we had a chiller that was faulty and kept freezing and defrosting meat. Although I was reporting this to my line manager via correct procedure every shift, they were ignoring it. When I went over their head to the store management team I was told that as long as I was reporting it I didn't have to worry about my job. I shouted that I couldn't give a stuff about my job, I was concerned we might kill someone. It was fixed the next day.

The third time was when a car drove through the wall into my workplace. I knew a colleague was working in the room and was shouting at her to see where she was. Fortunately she had just left to get a coffee as her chair and desk were both under the wall.

I think all three occasions were justified, sometimes you have to make yourself heard.