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[quote=Anonymous]My staff member complained to me that someone raised their voice at her.  She walked in on a "slightly elevated" discussion in someone's office (she was returning an office key).  She intervened in the conversation because she had some clarifying information that she thought would help the situation. The person who was acting heated then "raised his voice at her."  She is in an extremely low position relative to him, and she said she felt uncomfortable.  I took it to my boss, who didn't care and thought she was being too sensitive.  I raised the issue with someone else, and they also thought she was being too sensitive.  They are going to ask the person to apologize, but it's clear they don't think he did anything wrong.

Maybe she's being sensitive, but if I were to reverse the situation, and I raised my voice at someone and then heard they felt uncomfortable and were complaining, I would feel very embarrassed and apologize to that person.

Separately, someone was very rude to me - I invited him to a meeting at the request of his boss, and he snapped that he didn't have time to waste at meetings.  I was very put off by this rudeness.

Maybe I'm just used to working in more cordial places?  Just wondering what the norm is in your workplace when it comes to raising your voice when talking with a co-worker.     [/quote]

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