Boss: *Says something monumentally wrong in a meeting with big wigs*
Me: Excuse me, sir, can I interject? What you said wasn’t quite what we had talked about. I think you meant *correct information.*
Boss: *refuses to say another word throughout the entire meeting and leaves me to do it even though I’m completely unprepared. Repeatedly tries to re-engage him in the conversation and appeal to him for confirmation/information. He refuses to respond with even a yes or no.*
Our Director after the meeting: That was so unprofessional. How dare you talk over him like that?
Me: But....he was....wrong?
Director: You embarrassed him in front of the VP! You just took over the meeting! That’s not your place!
Me:
Somehow the fact that I, a lowly editor/younger female employee, corrected him is the problem rather than the fact that he didn’t know what he was talking about and behaved like a sulky child. But sure, I’M unprofessional.
