If someone ever says “I don’t want your excuse” simply reply “I’m explaining what happened without excusing anything. Would you like to hear that?”
That never worked for me. The “I don’t want your excuses” types were never looking for an answer they just wanted to be dicks.
Trying to further explain like in your quote above always produced “that’s just more excuses!” or, “don’t talk back to me” or “likely story…” or, “don’t be a smartass!”
All bullshit. There are reasonable people out there but those who ask a question then berate the person they asked for answering (or for refusing to answer, when they already know the outcome) are just assholes who today will lose both my respect and attention.
If they say anything like that, just say “alright I’m gonna get back to work, cya” and quickly disengage. If they say like “we aren’t done here” reply as professionally as possible to the effect of: “I was describing the events as plainly as possible. You don’t seem to want that and this disagreement isn’t helping me do my job. If you want the facts I have them.”
If you are in an adult situation, don’t allow someone to treat you like a child. Even if you’ve made a mistake.
That said, not sure if I mentioned it in this thread or another, but if you are in a weakened position, like you desperately need the job, then the only response is “yes sir, sorry it happened.”
That never worked for me. The “I don’t want your excuses” types were never looking for an answer they just wanted to be dicks.
Trying to further explain like in your quote above always produced “that’s just more excuses!” or, “don’t talk back to me” or “likely story…” or, “don’t be a smartass!”
All bullshit. There are reasonable people out there but those who ask a question then berate the person they asked for answering (or for refusing to answer, when they already know the outcome) are just assholes who today will lose both my respect and attention.
If they say anything like that, just say “alright I’m gonna get back to work, cya” and quickly disengage. If they say like “we aren’t done here” reply as professionally as possible to the effect of: “I was describing the events as plainly as possible. You don’t seem to want that and this disagreement isn’t helping me do my job. If you want the facts I have them.”
If you are in an adult situation, don’t allow someone to treat you like a child. Even if you’ve made a mistake.
That said, not sure if I mentioned it in this thread or another, but if you are in a weakened position, like you desperately need the job, then the only response is “yes sir, sorry it happened.”