It has been a stessful week at work. I had a situation with a client last week, which I obviously can’t get into too much detail about. I had a walk in appointment with this client and during our interaction they decided to make a few disrespectful comments. I immediately advised I would not tolerate the untruths they were stating.
This has escalated through the week where this client has decided to go into other branches and make statements to other team members. Continuous attempts to contact me, and other team members in my branch. It has come to the point where I am looking over my shoulder, and watching vehicles around me when leaving work and driving home. I very much dislike feeling like this, and it is causing stress. This situation is not only affecting me personally, but could have negative professional impacts as well. We have a code of conduct policy, and spoken to the wrong person not aware of the situation, could have an impact professionally.
And the worst thing about this situation is the original issue had nothing to do with me, or even the department I work in. I was the one who was trying to help resolve the issue!
I’ve been advised that if this continues to escalate, next steps could be a call to the police, a possible restraining order, and a defamation of character charge to this individual. Unfortunately in my profession the risk of threat, harm, or robbery is always an underlying factor. We will see how everything plays out, but hopefully it comes to an end soon. In my experience, individuals acting out in this manner often do not escalate physically, and only spew anger to anyone that will listen.
You may wonder what this has to do with my Kung Fu journey? Kung Fu has provided the following qualities (but not limited to) through my training -
1. I have my classes to get out of my head. 2. I have the confidence to de-escalate a situation. 3. In a worst case scenario I have self defense training. 4. I have a blog to write about it to de-escalate it in my head, and release some of the stress.
The good news this week - there has been lots of push ups and sit ups to physically rest my mind! Lol
Push ups- 4985
Sit ups - 4775
Form reps - Hand 41, weapon 19
AOK’s - 377
Sparring (modified) - 50
KM’s - 219
Blogs - 9
This is a tough situation. I think we all have been through it to some degree but the more you are in the public eye, the more likely you are going to be in the line of fire. Always, always deescalate and remind yourself of what you want. Proving ourselves right tends to be attractive but it always serves us better to eliminate the situation/threat instead of escalating it to prove we are in the right. Keep your ego at bay and focus on your goal.
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