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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes.

1) Decades ago when I first started and was the obvious target of antisemitism (like they yelled “Jew” at me so it was pretty obvious).
2) When my house burned down and I went back to work a few days later.
3) When a co-worker berated me at a meeting and I was 9 months pregnant.

[b]We are all human[/b].[/quote]

How true but sh*t happens in life, it's important that you deal with it professionally. [/quote]

Sometimes being professional is to recognize that people are human.

Should people cry all the time in response to mild stressors …..like someone throwing away a brownie they made? No.

If someone is having difficulty in their lives, it should not be expected they leave it at the door. Yes, do your job, close the door, hold it together. But the occasional time someone is overwhelmed with emotion? It happens. If it’s never happened to you, that’s fine. [b]That doesn’t mean it’s unprofessional to shed a tear at an office.[/b]

If you’ve never been publicly humiliated by a coworker or had something so devastating in your personal life that you couldn’t sit “professionally” for 8+ hours and pretend to be okay, I’d say either your life is abnormally happy or you should see a therapist about your ability to process emotion.

If you can’t handle someone crying behind a closed door for 10 minutes because their house burned down 4 days ago, you need to re-evaluate your empathy. [/quote]

Just make sure no one sees you. That is truly unprofessional. Cry all you want BEFORE you show up to work. [/quote]

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