How to resolve the embarrassment if I accidentally overheard complaining about my colleagues?

In the workplace, you may encounter various embarrassing situations. At this time, you must not be so sincere. You need small strategies to resolve this embarrassment. Improper handling of embarrassment will also affect the relationship between superiors and subordinates, and the relationship between colleagues. The embarrassment - for just a moment, it is unclear, the explanation is unclear, the cutting is endless, and the reasoning remains chaotic. Sometimes people feel aggrieved and confused.

1. The "uninvited guest" of a female leader

38-year-old Zhou Zhiyong is the vice president of a large logistics company. When it comes to the embarrassment in the workplace, he empathizes with it. "It would be very embarrassing to break into other people's privacy. For example, the leader of our cooperative company is a strong woman. She is said to be one-sided in the company and is difficult to get close to. In order to carry out business, I wanted to send some gifts to her home to communicate our feelings. . I found her home address and drove directly to her house to tell her that I was here." When she received the call, the female leader was obviously surprised and even a little panicked. "I guess she couldn't refuse, so she asked me to go to her house. Now it was my turn to be embarrassed. The strong woman's house was in such chaos that you might not believe it. I saw her put all the things on the floor with my own eyes. Something was kicked under the sofa, and underwear and underwear were thrown randomly on the sofa! She was also very embarrassed. "At that time, Zhou Zhiyong had no idea that her home would be like this, and she regretted her rashness for a moment.

But thankfully, the outcome of the matter was beyond his expectation. "Since then, she has never treated me as an outsider, and I truly understand how much sacrifice she has made for her career. In fact, as of today, she is still single." Zhou Zhiyong said frankly that this time he was "embarrassed" After the experience, the business between them developed very well. "Now, we have become very good friends in private."

Tips for work: Communicate privately with your boss in unfamiliar situations Have a good sense of proportion. It is best not to come uninvited to some private places, such as your boss's lounge, home, etc.

2. Normal colleague relationships are distorted by misunderstandings

32-year-old Chen Feng is an editor at a book planning company. He admitted that some misunderstandings can make people very embarrassed. "There was a girl among my colleagues. One day during lunch break, we were just two people in the office. I don't know what happened to her, but she suddenly screamed. I was startled and asked if it was her hair. It got tangled up with the zipper of the skirt at the back of her neck. To be honest, I was a little hesitant at the time and didn't know whether I should take care of it, but my sympathy prevailed, so I stepped forward to help her deal with it. The two of them stayed close to each other. Close."

Actually, this was nothing, but at this moment, an elder sister opened the office door. "When she saw us, she immediately showed a look of surprise. Wouldn't it be nice if she came in and saw what I was doing? Or I asked her to come and help. But she seemed to feel that she had broken a Secret, close the door immediately and leave! This makes me so embarrassed..." It turns out that the eldest sister and the girl's boyfriend know each other. Chen Feng has been depressed about this matter for a long time and feels embarrassed every time he sees his eldest sister. "I just felt that there was something in her eyes, but if I went up to explain, it would be even harder to explain." Chen Feng was troubled for many days, and then he thought, forget it, have a clear conscience, and let it go. So, this matter It passed slowly.

Tips for work: There are some misunderstandings that cannot be explained clearly, and there are some embarrassments that seem to be necessary. If you encounter such an embarrassing thing, the only way is to not explain it and just have a clear conscience. I believe that time will make the embarrassment disappear.

3. Sent the ambiguous message to the boss by mistake

Mike works in an advertising company. He is in his mid-twenties and has a sunny and generous personality. He has a very good relationship with his colleagues. rapport.

Once, a beautiful receptionist came to their company. Regardless of her looks and hobbies, Mike was the one who liked her. So after get off work, he sent her some messages on QQ that showed his feelings and disgusting feelings. Afterwards, Mike was busy organizing the desktop while secretly observing the reaction of the girl at the front desk, but the other party was completely unmoved and there was no reply on QQ.

“Doesn’t she have feelings for me?” Mike was puzzled and felt extremely awkward when he passed by the front desk after get off work.

But what was even more embarrassing was to come: the next day, as soon as Mike came to the company, his boss called him to the office and said with a serious face: "I don't want young people to joke around and liven up the atmosphere after work. I object, but is this going too far?" Then she brought the computer over to show him - all those disgusting and explicit words were sent to the boss yesterday!

“What a shock!” Mike is still frightened to this day. “Since then, whether online or on my mobile phone, I have to confirm the recipient several times before I feel relieved!”

Tips for working: When sending messages, especially ambiguous messages, you must confirm and re-confirm. Secondly, public and private matters should be separated. It is always not good to use office equipment to send private messages in the workplace. Leave these messages until after get off work and use a private number to send them. Even if they are sent to the boss, they will not be as embarrassing as Mike, and the gag will be over.

4. Sitting in the passenger seat and being recognized as the boss by a customer

Wang Xiwei, who works in an electronic technology company in Hangzhou, has a good relationship with his boss. Since he is the department manager in charge of purchasing, he He and his boss often go out to meet clients, and have dinners and entertainment outside of work. Although the boss and he are not close friends, they are still familiar.

When I went to meet with a client, my boss thought that Xiao Wang was driving slowly, so he pushed him into the passenger seat and started driving himself. Unexpectedly, as soon as the customers got in the car, they shook hands with Xiao Wang very politely and greeted him, calling him "boss". No one paid any attention to the real boss sitting in the driver's seat.

Xiao Wang said that he was extremely embarrassed at that time and hurriedly introduced to customers that he was not the boss, but the person next to him was. The customer also looked embarrassed, but the boss didn't say anything, so the matter became a joke. Later, a customer secretly told Xiao Wang that he thought the boss was his driver.

Although everything seems to be calm, Xiao Wang always feels that he and his boss are not as good as before.

Tips for work: Be “preemptive” in front of customers and introduce the boss cleanly. This will leave a positive impression on the boss and not put the customer into an embarrassing situation. It is considerate and safe. .

5. The best way to resolve embarrassment among colleagues is through communication.

Improve your psychological tolerance for "embarrassment"

There are so many embarrassing things, such as the elevator that couldn't help but emit stench, and accidentally calling the new leader by the wrong surname. Ah... Although the embarrassment only lasted a moment, the impact on the person involved was not eliminated so quickly. You may still feel unspeakable annoyance and depression when you think of the scene at that time. But what you must understand is: others don’t take it to heart at all if you think it’s embarrassing; your colleagues may have laughed it off if you’ve cared about it for a long time. Therefore, we must constantly improve our psychological tolerance for embarrassment! Negative emotions such as self-blame or regret are too disturbing. It is better to tell yourself that life is full of situations that are beyond your expectation and control. Accept it calmly. As time goes by, everything will pass.