Woman yells at coworker for 'telling her what to do' when she suggested she take a lunch break: 'I want to make her look bad for being out of the shop too much'

There should be a baseline level of respect that we give to everyone we come across. No matter who you are, your relationship, or your relative status, you should treat everyone as they deserve to be treated. This is especially true for people you have to see every day, like your family or your coworkers. Sure, they might test your patience every now and again, but if you nuke the relationship, then you're really only hurting yourself. You don't want to make it awkward, or else you'll think about it every time you interact with them. But what happens when someone else does this to you? How do you respond so you can de-escalate? 

That's the question that came up in this story, where a coworker treated their peer in a very odd way. After a meaningless quip, trying to give their coworker the opportunity to take a lunch break, they lashed out. What do you do when someone you work with has an outsize reaction to something you said off the cuff? Do you threaten to get your superiors involved, or do you try to brush it off?

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