Do you or have you ever had a supervisor that is grumpy or always in a bad mood?

[Danny_dan92]

My lead is always like this, tbh shit is annoying.


Dude is almost my dad’s age and acts like a moody fuck 90% of the time.


How do you go about it?

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

Had one who seemed grumpy almost always, showing up to the office with the most audible sighs and looking pissed all the time.

I remember this one time when we were out to lunch, and he ordered some fries and asked them to make the fries extra crispy. Then when they gave him his fries, they weren't as crispy as he wanted and he gave the waitress a verbal beat-down while I sat there trying to keep a sense of humor. 😅

On the trip back to our office and long after, he never stopped complaining about the fries. I kept thinking, "They're just goddamn French fries! Who gives a shit?" I didn't say it out loud though.

I didn't really know how to deal with him except to keep my sense of humor and be like, "Yes, sir!" to avoid being on the receiving end of his constantly foul mood.

[Danny_dan92]

All that over some fucken fries? Jesus christ lol meanwhile there are kids in third world countries that are lucky to get a bit of food

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

Hell yeah. I don't think he ever spent a day in his life in very harsh conditions. One thing about him though is that he was obese. I don't mean chubby, but full-blown obese, and he was often in what looked to be a lot of physical pain, groaning to get out of his chair and sometimes complaining about serious pains in his ankles. So his foul mood might have been attributed somewhat to constantly being in physical discomfort.

[Levin]

I had a manager who was a grumpy bitch. But I knew how to deal with him, I know how to deal with people's emotions.

I'm not saying it always works, and it depends on the context. But I never work on the energy that they're grumpy bastards. I work on the best intentions. It worked with him. While he was a cunt with others but not me. It's a vague energetic thing, but it's powerful. However, with some people, obviously you need to tell them to fuck off, call them out on their bullshit, in the right way.

[KittygosMeoWW]

Yes, except it was a manager because I’ve been the supervisor at my last 4 jobs. She was super bitchy and competitive, Nothing I did even if I out performed her was ever good enough. She eventually got fired because I uncovered she was misplacing funds and I ended up leaving that job because I was too stressed out.

[Danny_dan92]

Talk about sweet victory

[KittygosMeoWW]

It was lol but it was some mean girl shit and I don’t do that, I wanted to fuck her up 😂🙈

[Danny_dan92]

That would’ve been bad, loss of employment and everything

[KittygosMeoWW]

I’ve only been on unemployment once in my life, on that one I took the loss. Got a new job within 2 months and lived off my savings.

[IslaTheWitch]

A lot of them lol

Don't focus on it; don't let him know you notice his moods. Focus on your work and use logical reasoning in conversations.

[Danny_dan92]

Yeah that’s basically what I do lol as soon as I notice he’s having a fit I just focus on what I need to do.

[ArrowheadSW]

I did have a couple of them. However they weren't grumpy all the time. Maybe 50% of the time. One guy, if he had been nice for a week or so, had to play "the ass card" for a few days to make up for being nice.

[NathanDavis]

yeah... few above have been "intense" through the years, let's use that word

so, I am used to it... and I don't really mind it, I just don't make it personal no matter what... they're not abusive or shitty, but very moody yes

since I don't give them reactions or attitude... they usually change their attitude towards me or tone it a bit, lol

[Danny_dan92]

So would you avoid contact with them as much as possible and only communicate when absolutely necessary?

[NathanDavis]

if that is a possibility, that can work yes...

it does depend on the task or the job, lol

I will do what I have to do and I will focus on that... you see I grew with sports and that gets competitive AF sometimes, and at times it gets STUPID... whether is team mates, coaches, rivals (stupid ass parents) I always focused on the task and what matters... I do my job when I have to, all I have to... and then I sort of ignore the fact that some can be annoying AF so I do not lose focus

but that's games... on work and life, it's a bit different but still applies to me... I do what I have to do and then... if possible, yes... avoid the drama or the dramatic people

but the important thing is... when they come to you with shitty attitude, just make your chill or neutral attitude more present, and they usually adjust to you... rather than you getting aggravated by theirs

at least in my case it works, most of the time

[Anonymous]

Yeah. They can be as moody as they want, they don't have much power over you if you're doing your job the way it's supposed to be done. I just do what I'm supposed to do and pretend they don't exist.