I was discussing a piece of work with a colleague this morning which resulted in a bit of a verbal altercation (instigated by them). I didn’t want to get into an argument so just walked away. I was quite annoyed about the way they spoke to me so reported the whole thing to my manager. My manager is lovely and said she would have a word with the staff member involved about their attitude but did say they could just be having a bad day. In my opinion having a bad day isn’t an excuse to start shouting and swearing at your colleague in an office.
The more I think about it the more though the more I feel bad about the whole thing and it’s made me incredibly anxious. I know I shouldn’t feel bad for not tolerating people treating me like crap in the workplace but I can’t help but think that I should have kept my mouth shut and that the person involved is going to come out with god knows what in a tit for tat kind of thing. I also worry that if they are having a bad day that getting pulled by a manager is going to make them feel 10x worse which I also hate the thought of.
They’ve been there longer than me so I’m concerned I’ve opened myself up to a whole load of bother despite not doing anything wrong and god knows how I’m going to face them in the office going forward as we don’t WFH at all 😣