She really should smile more...

[Pacifist Patriot]

5. I was just recently told I was "overly emotional" and "reacting disproportionately."

My sin?

Telling my boss privately that I did not appreciate being interrupted in a leadership strategy meeting the previous day when I was trying to get an issue with another department head resolved. Yes, I am the lone female on the executive staff.

There were no tears involved. No raised voice. All I said was:

* I did not appreciate being shut down before I could finish what I was saying,
* the issue with the other department head still existed and would never be resolved if he didn't truly want the candor he said he wanted in that meeting,
* I expected the other department head to be held accountable for lying to everyone during that meeting about a particular situation - for which I had the documentary evidence of his lies in my hand.

That's overly emotional.

I was flabbergasted.

And I shouldn't have been.