Comments on: Desk Rage: New Trend, or Old News? http://workforce.com/wpmu/bizmgmt/2008/07/10/desk_rage/ All about the issues that arise when workforce issues converge with business management. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 03:18:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.3-2.2.1 By: laurie ruettimann http://workforce.com/wpmu/bizmgmt/2008/07/10/desk_rage/#comment-26442 laurie ruettimann Sat, 12 Jul 2008 21:12:48 +0000 http://workforce.com/wpmu/bizmgmt/2008/07/10/desk_rage/#comment-26442 <i>Violence, both verbal and otherwise, is a huge workplace issue, and that makes me wonder—why do we need to manufacture a bogus trend like “desk rage” to get people to take it seriously?</i> Good point, John, but I prefer efforts to draw attention to workplace violence when there isn't any recent violence in the news (i.e., another office shooting). I'd rather have manufactured news in this situation. Violence, both verbal and otherwise, is a huge workplace issue, and that makes me wonder—why do we need to manufacture a bogus trend like “desk rage” to get people to take it seriously?

Good point, John, but I prefer efforts to draw attention to workplace violence when there isn’t any recent violence in the news (i.e., another office shooting).

I’d rather have manufactured news in this situation.

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