Boy: Geeva, I am so unhappy with my manager. I somehow do not agree with his views and sometimes he likes to keep digging and digging.
Geeva: Have you tried talking to him?
Boy: It makes no difference, and I don’t want to step into his zone.
Geeva: But you are so unhappy and keep talking about it all the time. You are surely unhappy and offended.
Boy: Forget it, he better not cross my zone!
Geeva: But he is your manager, Boy.
Some things just don’t have to get too complicated, agree?
If we are unhappy, just ask for clarification.
The person may have his / her reason for saying such things
The person may have meant something else, and we may have assumed otherwise
That’s how the person speaks/manage, but the intention could be harmless
Pick up the non-verbal cues and tone, maybe it is just how the person speaks unless the person is stonewalling ( that’s another scenario then)
Could it be possible the manager assumed we agreed to his views as well?
Sometimes we just got to remember, the workplace is a place to find ways to work with each regardless we fancy or less fancy the person’s behavior,