Where I work, we have been waiting over a month to get an updated product from a consultant. My direct supervisor wanted to launch it this past week but the site supervisor didn’t feel it was ready to go. We reconvened yesterday and there were still no updates.
While we were meeting, the consultant called my supervisor. After a few minutes, she put him on speakerphone. He made some remarks about how the product was done yesterday but he had been too tired to email it and that we should have it by the weekend. Since this sounded like a cop out, some of my colleagues chuckled and I rolled my eyes. My supervisor finishes the call and we are planning to launch Monday with the promise that this stuff will come over the weekend.
Cut to 20 minutes later, my supervisor texts me and one of my colleagues she supervises to come to her office. She met with us separately to basically say we were behaving unprofessionally by expressing our frustration through glances and eye rolling and that it isn’t something she tolerates.
She sent a follow up email saying I should reflect on how my actions could have made the consultant feel. And I’m like it was a phone call…he couldn’t see my face…what are you talking about.
Mine and my colleague’s new saying for this woman is watch yo face. Because apparently expressing frustration is unprofessional nowadays.