Rudeness in the Workplace

The always insightful and observant Ruby Vee. You are a AN treasure.And yes, misunderstandings are rampant - and likely the seed of truth in many "rude" situations.And yes, RV, basic manners (and table manners) are all but dead - I worked with one like that too - she thought it was "funny". Listen up ladies (and guys) you can learn a lot from the amazing Ruby Vee. Read her past posts and ...... L E A R N.

Yes, ma'am. So very well said.Misunderstandings do happen frequently, and cutting each other some slack is great advice : )

Just have to say this loud + clear: AMEN!

Your post is so true. I had an MD be short with me. He came up to the unit where I worked and he was nasty. It was all due to work stress. I was stressed and he was stressed. My nurse mgr wanted to write him up. I was not comfortable with that idea and asked her not to. Everyone has bad days. I was not upset with this MD. He just happened to be the last straw that caused me to break down.I would never write someone up for something like this. No one is infallible to stress. Especially in the ever stressful hospital. Just my humble opinion.

"Maybe if we all tried to cut each other a bit of slack, rudeness in the workplace wouldn’t be quite as detrimental to patient safety or relationships between colleagues"I believe that this is what it all boils down to. Many of these things are people misunderstanding one another and where they are coming from, not deliberate insults or slights.

What are table manners anyway?I've never been rude to a table.<_<>_>

Everyone is so quick to get offended these days. People just need to get over themselves and put more effort into getting along than into being offended.

Well said!

Quote from sistasoulYour post is so true. I had an MD be short with me. He came up to the unit where I worked and he was nasty. It was all due to work stress. I was stressed and he was stressed. My nurse mgr wanted to write him up. I was not comfortable with that idea and asked her not to. Everyone has bad days. I was not upset with this MD. He just happened to be the last straw that caused me to break down.I would never write someone up for something like this. No one is infallible to stress. Especially in the ever stressful hospital. Just my humble opinion.

You must have had to take medication for the headache you received the day you had to be the interpreter for the accent people. And to be the intermediary when they showed impatience.

I happened to be in a room where we were putting central lines into a very sick patient. The Physician's assistant was from the deep South and had a pronounced southern drawl. The physician was from India and had a definite accent and the nurse caring for the patient originated in Kenya and also had "a foreign accent." I was called in to translate Southern drawl to the Indian and Kenyan and to translate a British/Kenyan accent to the both the PA and the MD.

One of our MDs from a private practice yelled at me in front of at least 10-15 people that were coming and going through the nurses station. Talking about unit secretaries, MDs, RNs, CNAs, etc because the IV antibiotic that I hanged did not go through when it should have. I plead guilty for neglecting to check and make sure the meds infused when it should have, BUT MD could have put me aside in private and cuss me out till I melt. I can take loosing my license because I was definitely in the wrong, but public humiliation was just unbearable.Can MDs get away with treating me this way? I have only been in practice for a year and felt so vulnerable. I spoke to my clinical supervisor about the whole incident and cried my eyes out about how upset I still am for the way that MD humiliated me. I am now looking for another job, hopefully not a RN position.