http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/tragedy-in-the-office-are-we-making-things-worse/ Advice for Dying and Death - When Sympathy Isnt Enough Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:39:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/tragedy-in-the-office-are-we-making-things-worse/comment-page-1/#comment-11176 Hedda Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:21:45 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/?p=744#comment-11176 Judy's suggestion is a good one under the circumstances. I wonder if she has suggestions on what happens next. Like when the mother comes to the office with stories about the new baby? Or pictures? Every new tooth has the potential to derail the entire office dynamic. Is management addressing if these two women will ever work together? And what will happen to the office atmosphere and to the productivity? Judy’s suggestion is a good one under the circumstances. I wonder if she has suggestions on what happens next. Like when the mother comes to the office with stories about the new baby? Or pictures? Every new tooth has the potential to derail the entire office dynamic. Is management addressing if these two women will ever work together? And what will happen to the office atmosphere and to the productivity?

]]> http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/tragedy-in-the-office-are-we-making-things-worse/comment-page-1/#comment-11175 Georgie Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:09:17 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/?p=744#comment-11175 Oh, like the woman who lost her baby won't connect the new procedure with her tragedy? Like she will not make her feel like the elephant in the room? Please!! Oh, like the woman who lost her baby won’t connect the new procedure with her tragedy? Like she will not make her feel like the elephant in the room? Please!!

]]> http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/tragedy-in-the-office-are-we-making-things-worse/comment-page-1/#comment-11174 Paulette Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:07:25 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/?p=744#comment-11174 Make the collection a double, a gift for the new mom and something like a day at the spa for the sad woman. Make the collection a double, a gift for the new mom and something like a day at the spa for the sad woman.

]]> http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/tragedy-in-the-office-are-we-making-things-worse/comment-page-1/#comment-11173 Marie Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:05:35 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/?p=744#comment-11173 Judy, I agree that this communal gift giving should stop, for lots of reasons. But there is a limit to how much Terry and her friends can protect their friend. In or out of the office, she will encounter constant reminders that people are having healthy babies. Hopefully, one day she will have her own. But if not, she will have to face up to it. Judy, I agree that this communal gift giving should stop, for lots of reasons. But there is a limit to how much Terry and her friends can protect their friend. In or out of the office, she will encounter constant reminders that people are having healthy babies. Hopefully, one day she will have her own. But if not, she will have to face up to it.

]]>