Frustration Management : Humor in Uniform

HUMOUR IN UNIFORM

FRUSTRATION MANAGEMENT

A Spoof

By

VIKRAM KARVE

Long back – when I was in the Navy – I once had a terrible Boss.

Every morning – he used to reach office in a foul mood – and he would start shouting at me and everyone else – and this would spoil our mood – and vitiate the office atmosphere for the entire day.

One day I got fed up – and – I complained to the Commanding Officer (CO). 

I told the CO how my Boss shouted at me for no rhyme or reason early in the morning every day – how my Boss started shouting and abusing me the moment he reached the office in the morning. 

This spoilt the atmosphere in the office for the whole day – and his terrible behaviour was demoralizing me and affecting my health.

I told the CO that I did not want to serve under this individual – and I asked for a transfer out of the department.

The CO refused my request.

He asked me to try and understand the situation.

The CO told me that my Boss had a very unhappy family life – and this caused a lot of pent up frustration and anger within him.

Hence – my Boss took out all his “bottled-up anger” by shouting at me – the moment he reached office.

The CO told me ignore the ranting of my boss – and he offered me this rational explanation:

“People who are unhappy at home vent out their frustrations at work – they shout at their subordinates and colleagues. Your Boss is unhappy at home – so – the moment he comes to office – he shouts at you – and he vents out his domestic frustrations...” the CO explained.

“Sir – conversely – can it be argued – that those individuals who are unhappy in office – and those who are frustrated at work – do they go home and release their pent up anger and take it out on their wives and families...?” I asked.

“Yes – that is true – I have seen some persons who are unhappy at work venting out their bottled-up work frustrations at home...” the CO said.

I looked at the CO – and I asked him, tongue-in-cheek:

“Sir – what about those people who are unhappy at both places – work and home – persons who are unhappy at work and also unhappy at home...?”

The CO looked at me curiously – and he asked me: “Are there really such persons who are unhappy both at home and work...? Well – I really don’t know what they do.”

I said to the CO: “I will tell you what they do, Sir.”

“Go ahead,” he said, “tell me.”

So – I said to him:

“People who are frustrated at work and who also have an unhappy family life – they take out their frustrations and vent out their pent up anger while commuting to work and back home – to and fro – they vent out their home anger while driving to work –  and – they vent out their work frustrations while driving back home from work...” 

“Really...?”

“Yes, Sir – these are the “road-rage” types who are always on a short-fuse and holler at the slightest instance at their fellow travellers in the traffic and even at their vehicles.”

Dear Reader – so now you know the reason for “Road Rage”

If you see some persons losing their cool while driving to work – and also while driving back home – please sympathize with these road-rage types – they have an unhappy family life – and – they also have a frustrated work life – poor things!

VIKRAM KARVE

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Revised Version of my story ROAD RAGE posted online in this blog earlier at urls: http://karvediat.blogspot.in/2011/11/road-rage.html  and  http://karvediat.blogspot.in/2012/04/road-rage.html  and  http://karvediat.blogspot.in/2012/10/how-to-release-your-bottled-up-anger.html  and  http://karvediat.blogspot.in/2014/07/humor-in-uniform-anger-management.html etc