Have you ever been caught in the middle of a huge argument...

And you are just standing there awkwardly like...👀

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I remember many years ago there was a staff meeting, long story short...one coworker and I were the only two who showed up (in a department staff of maybe 15). The regional manager stopped in the meeting and proceeded with the manager to gang up and yell at my coworker. It went on and on, back and forth.
Not a word had been mentioned to me in all this.
They finish up, my coworker storms out. The regional manager turns to me and apologizes and walks out....end of meeting.

Ironic thing about that fiasco of a meeting...I, too, had been guilty of everything that they were accusing the other guy of....they outright only cared about targeting him.
Awkward and uncomfortable.

Nevaeh0081 · 36-40, F

@Ferric67 I would've said that I was guilty of it too. We'd both probably go down. But better than him getting picked on. Sounds like he took some swings too so kudos to him..

Ferric67 · M

@Nevaeh0081 there was no reprimanding, just insults. It was clearly personal, I could have been standing in there with a bloody axe, and would have gone completely ignored. It was uncomfortable...but entertaining.

Nevaeh0081 · 36-40, F

@Ferric67 so, unprofessional. They could have done that one on one. Not in a staffmeeting and ignore the other one. Smh.

Ferric67 · M

@Nevaeh0081 I know, right. Of those three, my coworker got fired, my manager quit and the regional manager got demoted and then eventually let go. I left on my own accord when I felt the direction of the work environment was toxic probably about four years after that public meltdown between the three of them.

Nevaeh0081 · 36-40, F

@Ferric67 smh. I guess every work environment has it's own level of toxicnrss/toxicity. Gotta know when to quit.

latinbutterfly · F

@Ferric67 Wow, that's basically bullying. They were clearly drunk with power.

Ferric67 · M

@latinbutterfly in their defense, that coworker was a major liability professionally, ethically and moral wise...he was lucky not to get harassment charges brought up against him by others (namely the females in the work environment...maybe that was what that was all about, but they didn't want to say it)....he needed to go. But the minutiae that they were picking on him for was insignificant in comparison to what I just brought up...they were much better off confronting him with real issues.
hence, why I was just as guilty of the same stupid little things that they were picking on him for...and he was defending the clear violations he was committing. That meeting was about as dysfunctional and evasive as you can get.

Nevaeh0081 · 36-40, F

@latinbutterfly mmhmm. Pure power tripping. I hate it when I come across superiors like that. Like damn. Don't let your title get to your head.