There’s no crying in baseball
Whenever Mickey notices a little lull in the frequency of our blog posts, he nudges me a little and tells me to update the blog. When he starts emailing me random articles, I know it’s time to take the hint. This one, from the Wall Street Journal, falls squarely into “WTF” territory for Grumpus. Apparently, it’s now okay to cry at work:
Crying at work has long been seen as verboten. But there’s evidence that a growing number of workers, especially those in their 20s and 30s, see it differently. Some think it’s old-fashioned to hide your emotions. Others are quick to cry over negative feedback. And many find themselves at odds with managers who grew up with a more repressive definition of professional conduct.
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Some bosses see tears as a natural side effect of the emotional investment required by many jobs. George Merkle, CEO of a San Antonio credit-counseling service who is in his 50s, says he doesn’t feel he can expect his employees to be “compassionate and caring to our clients,” then “turn off their feelings like a switch” in other dealings. If employees cry, “I just say, ‘No apology needed, I know it’s upsetting and we can work our way through it.’”
Wachu tink, dear readers? And although:
No one accused 6-foot-3, 253-pound Vernon Davis of being a wimp when he cried last year over being chosen as a first-round NFL draft pick by the San Francisco 49ers. Onlookers took the burly 22-year-old at his word — that he was moved at achieving a dream,
Grumpus is still thanking the gods that there’s no crying in baseball.