The document discusses two stories where people got angry at work and faced negative consequences as a result. In the first story, a business owner complained about rising supply costs to the manager. It was discovered the owner's account was not updated for cost of living increases. The owner was allowed to pay the balance over time. In the second story, an older employee had a bad day and criticized a new employee, who turned out to be the district manager. The older employee received a demotion for speaking negatively to the wrong person. He had to keep working to afford his new house on the reduced salary. The moral is that getting angry can sometimes cost us, rather than help resolve issues.

1. Did he get mad?
Suppose you have a business and it just seems that the place you buy your supplies at is
constantly raising their prices. Additionally your household is growing and it is hard to maintain
expenses. But the problem you assess is the raising prices where you purchase your supplies. A
visit is in order.
You complain to the manager that it is hard to maintain your business and support a
family if he continues to raise his prices. The owner relents and is willing to look over your
account. Well, he does. What he finds is that because your account is on an old system the cost
of living increase has not been applied to your account in the last three years.
Ok, so an adjustment is made and the owner is willing to let you pay out the increase that
he is due over time since you are a loyal customer. So, when this story was relayed to me, the
guy said that was five years ago and I am still paying for that burst of energy. Does anyone really
care if you get mad?
Running into a colleague that was older than me one day I asked, didn’t you retire? He
said when he saw me a few years back he had just received a promotion on his job and bought a
new house. One day at work he was having a bad day. The new guy in the department was
constantly in his way, disrupting his normal process. At the end of the day, he let the guy know
what he thought and he expected a change the next day.
The next morning his manager called him in for a talk. The new guy was actually the
District Manager and there making changes preparing for upgrades to his department. He
received a demotion for talking negatively to the wrong person, but being thankful he was not let
go. He continued the conversation with me saying that purchasing a new house and not having
that new salary anymore forced him to continue working a little longer.
Does anyone really care if you get mad? That is not the point. Sometimes when we get
mad, it can cost us.