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Cranky Days

Do you have days when you are more ‘prickly’ than others or you feel that you ‘woke up on the wrong side of the bed’?

Sometimes we have these types of days when everything just seems to go wrong…we couldn’t find our keys, we had a battle with our teenager, we got stuck in traffic or we are getting a cold. Other times, our bad mood just seems to engulf us and we have no idea why.

How to be a cranky co-worker: Certainly don’t be nice or helpful and don’t say thank you Beverly Beuermann-King Click to tweet

Celebrate Being Cranky

Today is the day to celebrate the crankiness in all of us…or just realize that we all have these stressful and cranky days and we can help each other through them.

Beverly’s Hot Tips For Building Resilience On Cranky Co-Worker Day

Don’t hold the door open for anyone
Walk past your co-workers while looking the other way
Leave the company kitchen in a mess
Slam your office door
Don’t say goodbye when you hang up the phone
Don’t answer your phone
Growl at anyone who seems perky
Say “It can’t be done” to any suggestion that is made
Sigh loudly
Kick the photocopier
Complain about the rain, snow, wind, sunshine, heat, blue sky….
Go to your meeting late and leave early
Wear really tight underwear or at least the kind that seem to want to climb higher and higher…that always seems to increase my crankiness

More Of Beverly’s Hot Tips For Building Resilience On Cranky Co-Worker Day:

Smile and ignore the crankiness in someone else if you feel it is just temporary behaviour
Address the behaviour if it is inappropriate and impacting others
Ask how you can help. Maybe the person is stressed and has a lot on their plate and just doesn’t know what to do or who to turn to.
Try a simple act of kindness.
Don’t personalize their crankiness. It is about them and not about you.
Give attention and recognition for the positive things that they have done and not the cranky behaviours that you see.
Try whistling while you work…it worked for the 7 dwarves!