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  Is it rude to calm somebody down? ?

  It's the normal afternoon at the office. Tensions are running high, everyone is chasing a deadline and BAM I heard my boss shouting from her office why she wasn't able to access a certain file. 

  I asked her to calm down as I have access to the said file and the situation will be diffused.

  Then she asked me to do another task, and I simply asked the question why am I doing the task because I'm new at the job, and would like to know the reasoning behind it. Do not get me wrong, of course I see it as an opportunity to increase my confidence skills etc but I would like to know the reasoning so I can give it my all. 

  She said that I was quite rude to question her as to why she was giving me the job and if I didn't want it, I can just not do it. I just want to understand why? 

  Granted this is my first job straight out of college and there are lot of things that I'm not used to, especially office politics. Now, my admin said to not take things to heart because my boss is actually insecure about herself.

  But I feel so confused like when I say calm down I really do not mean to be condescending as she said. I just want to deal with the problem calmly, because the problem was easy to fix. And for the questioning the purpose behind the task, is it wrong for me to ask as well? 

  I'm so confused guys please help. 

  5 Answers1 year ago
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  switch to classic mail?

  5 Answers2 years ago