Ssshhhh!

[renniebennie]

To have shushed (with a smile not a frown) a work colleague who was speaking VERY VERY LOUDLY (Almost shouting) down the phone in a small office environment which was preventing other people from concentrating?

If anyone shushed me like I'm a dog I'd be SPEAKING VERY LOUDLY to them about how rude they are.

If you have an issue with someone in the workplace you bring it up privately and discreetly rather than humiliating them in front of their other colleagues.

The last time one of my team members shhed another I disciplined her.

Don't do it again. It is the height of bad manners.

The last time one of my team members shhed another I disciplined her.

on what grounds?

The last time one of my team members shhed another I disciplined her.

on what grounds?

this^ If someone needs shhhhing maybe they should shhhhhh

I don't see any problem with saying ssshhh with a smile. She should be more considerate and not shout down the phone!

Fine if it's nicely done. I do 50% of my work on the phone and have sat opposite a very loud colleague before and she was 'sh'd although unfortunately it was just how she spoke .

I think I’d wait til she was off the phone then maybe say that she had been very loud, had the line been weird or something.

A colleague of mine is like this, very loud and it honestly gives me a headache. I was in a meeting with her last week, I left with a headache. We have a good relationship and I’m wondering if I can tell her. On a one to one, she’s not the same, her volume control is good. Drives me nuts.

Another wondering where on a disciplinary policy shushing someone would fall!

I'm thankful I work with colleagues who are mature enough if shushed to realise they are probably being too loud!

Thanks for the replies. A disciplinary for shushing sounds excessive!
I did apologise after when they said they were offended but do feel like they were being a bit precious about it and they denied they were loud.
At the time they were so loud and getting louder and I had a lot of people needing things from me at once that it sort of just came out!!
Anyway, they are now not talking to me!

I had an informal discussion with her about shhhing and lifting her hand and putting it in a 'Stop' position in front of her face when others were speaking. Instead of waiting until they were finished. So a quick chat about conduct and she said she would work on it.

Then it happened again with the shhing and hand up in the air and she was given a disciplinary for conduct in the workplace.

Manners go a long way and it's not hard to say 'Excuse me. Do you mind keeping it down?' Sometimes people forget themselves.

I had an informal discussion with her about shhhing and lifting her hand and putting it in a 'Stop' position in front of her face when others were speaking. Instead of waiting until they were finished. So a quick chat about conduct and she said she would work on it.

Then it happened again with the shhing and hand up in the air and she was given a disciplinary for conduct in the workplace.

Manners go a long way and it's not hard to say 'Excuse me. Do you mind keeping it down?' Sometimes people forget themselves.

Imho, a loud shhhhh is cutting somebody off by interjecting I just try to subtly grab their attention and smile and gesticulate.

A formal, stay on your record for 12 months disciplinary?

You can always tell the little businesses that don't have unions

Someone having a phone conversation at a volume that might make the phone unnecessary is pretty poor manners, too.

Probably better ways of pointing it out, though

Shhhing is a bit rude. A gesture would have been more appropriate given that she was on the phone and you couldn’t speak to her. Ideally you should have waited and had a conversation about it but seeing as she was being disruptive and you needed to get on with your work a tone it down gesture would have been best.

Anyway, they are now not talking to me!

How loudly?

@dinkydolphin

A disciplinary for someone shusshing you.

What a crock! Come off it!

That would never stand up in ANY company.

A disciplinary? What planet is your workplace on?

Workers shouldn't have to take such measures like Shushing people to achieve an effective working environment - the manager should ensure all conversations are carried out at a reasonable volume, the loud person is every bit as rude/at fault as the shusher is.

(Teachers shush their students up routinely to achieve an ordered working environment.............they should all be disciplined?)

Shhhing is a bit rude. A gesture would have been more appropriate given that she was on the phone and you couldn’t speak to her. Ideally you should have waited and had a conversation about it but seeing as she was being disruptive and you needed to get on with your work a tone it down gesture would have been best.