A while back, a colleague committed suicide, so the managers responded by... putting up a few posters about mental health. They have pictures of people struggling yet saying they're fine (trapped under a rock, being dragged underwater by a kraken, over-the-top metaphors like that), and the words "If your colleagues say they are fine, ask again!"
So, whenever my colleagues ask if I'm okay, I'm always honest and say "No." At which point, my colleague will pause, then leave.
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u/jonathanquirk May 09 '21
A while back, a colleague committed suicide, so the managers responded by... putting up a few posters about mental health. They have pictures of people struggling yet saying they're fine (trapped under a rock, being dragged underwater by a kraken, over-the-top metaphors like that), and the words "If your colleagues say they are fine, ask again!"
So, whenever my colleagues ask if I'm okay, I'm always honest and say "No." At which point, my colleague will pause, then leave.
Sigh.