I keep accidentally saying the wrong things in knee jerk reactions. I try really hard to be as neutral as possible but it never works. I don’t understand why I’m like this honestly. A lot of people tell me I’m pretty charming and other times I offend when I really don’t mean to. This is coming as a small vent after someone at my job came to me upset with a problem with another guest and I asked “why what’s wrong? Is everything alright?” In a very VERY knee jerk way (I’ve been overworked though so I’m just on autopilot these days) and she got pretty offended and I apologized like mad telling her I’m sorry for asking and that it wasn’t my business to ask… why the hell am I like this? I wish I thought BEFORE not after.
Edit: she’s related to very powerful people in the company and she got angry and said it’s none of my business which she’s 100% right but it was such a knee jerk reaction to someone coming up to me in a huff like that
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Maybe I lack social skill as well but I genuinely did not see any problem with what you asked? ><
I don’t know why someone got offended when they looked like something was wrong and you ask them what’s wrong?
I can’t imagine someone got mad because you asked “what’s wrong”
Most likely it’s something else you said or did, and you’re attributing it to the wrong thing. Or this person is bat shit crazy, so don’t worry about impressing them.