What coping strategy works best for you?

Leaving the room.

TIGER

Telling her I'll give her something to cry about and drinking scotch.

keep your trap shut and just hug her and listen

^

Do to sexual harassment guidelines, that is the LAST advice I can take.... although I could hand out with Ed more often 🙂

Due to...

ok

then ditch the hug and just listen and nod with compassion in your eyes lol

THAT would make me an effective Manager.

Message to everyone else in the building: If you cry, you don't have to change your behavior, Russ won't do anything other than look into your eyes with a compassionate look.

You sound like a poet or something.

you didn't say it was someone you supervise...could be your boss for all I know hahahahahaha

Ask a female member from HR to join the meeting. This way it's all their fault.

^good idea ahahhaha

and then you can leave when she starts crying because the women from HR is there lol

They could go to the bathroom together.

;)

Stand your ground, Homey. If this is a subordinate employee crying over a bad review... tell her that ain't doing anything to help her next review, and if she finds the job SO stressful it makes her CRY, she may want to look into a new career field.

Flick her in the nose. This will almost certainly break the awkwardness that her crying has caused.

Landmines!

"..10. Author: J.Redleg Date: 07/23/2010 08:52 PM Reply

Ask a female member from HR to join the meeting. This way it’s all their fault. .."

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Yeah...... and then maybe the could touch each other's hair.... maybe a tickle.... (be back in a minute)

Ask her if she needs a small shovel.

To get the sand out of her vagina.

Then do a loud Andrew Dice Clay, "OHH!!"

fart loudly, 8track

that will make her eyes water but she'll be laughing

^ or gagging

My wife cried over nothing about ten years ago.

In the nicest, most level voice possible, I said....

Crying is emotional blackmail, and I won't pay it. When yo are done, we can talk rationally. I'll wait till you are done.

Two minutes later, she cleaned up the last of the sniffles, we solved the problem and moved on.

No more crying.