Is PMS an excuse for being $hitty at work?

[Fishman Dan]

Yes, this is serious enough for adult discussion.

A colleague at work said to me yesterday "Just be aware, i'm a little PMS'y today". Of course as the day went on and effort was lacking I had to bring her to task on some issues.

By the end of the day it was becoming fun to niggle and get her fired up. Another colleague said "You shouldn't mess with her when she's PMS'ing". At the end of the day she came into my office and we had a laugh.

In truth she was a little embarrassed about how short she was during the day, but as I asked her at the time - is PMS a valid excuse to behave like that at work?

[dc68]

I don't know ask 31D.

[3oneday]

well, I have it every day and my staff cope fine :p

[Courty]

Ooops. Double Post.

+2 :mrgreen:

[Courty]

I live with Post Marital Stress every day. :cry: ;)

[3oneday]

I have always wondered, is the P for Pre or Post ??? I guess some would have both ;) which would be fun fun fun :p

[Courty]

With some, I think it's Permanent. :roll:

[Golf_Novice]

Guys, do you really want to go there?????!!!


But I work somewhere that has 8 female staff members and 1 male (the boss!!) It gets painful at least 3 weeks out of 4!!

[3oneday]

But I work somewhere that has 8 female staff members and 1 male (the boss!!) we have 25 females and 5 males :(

[Golf_Novice]

Good to hear :D

[amanda]

It personally doesn't affect me - but one of my collegues has terrible PMS. I'd suggest giving her some Evening Primrose Oil - really flattens out the mood swings.

If you can do something about it - then I don't think it's a suitable excuse. However, if you have a hormonal imbalance that's creating the issue that may be difficult to treat, then maybe it's ok.

[Grunt]

Does that evening primrose really work I might slip some to Rachelle, she gets PMS REAL BAD!!!!

[AndyP]

I thought PMS was a valid excuse for everything wrong in the world?

[Golf_Novice]

I don't think it affects me... :?

I'll have to ask ;)

[amanda]

Grunt - it has saved one of the girls at work. She would take leave for the days she had bad PMS as she didn't want to go crazy at work - things are sooooo much better now.

Get Rachelle to drop into any health food/vitamin store - they should have a naturopath on hand to give you some specific advice.

[Grunt]

Thanks Amanda, that might just be the trick.