{"id":590,"date":"2009-03-27T12:42:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-27T18:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.195.124.95\/~redletu4\/anger-in-the-workplace-is-it-ever-appropriate\/"},"modified":"2009-03-27T12:42:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-27T18:42:00","slug":"anger-in-the-workplace-is-it-ever-appropriate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/anger-in-the-workplace-is-it-ever-appropriate\/","title":{"rendered":"Anger in the workplace \u2013 is it ever appropriate?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"\"<\/a>Violence in the workplace really gained prominence 15 years ago with a rash<\/a> of shootings from pizza parlors to factory floors to office buildings.<\/p>\n

At the time, the Workplace Violence Institute released<\/a> a study that showed more than 110,000 incidents of violence in the workplace resulting in deaths of more than 750 workers. <\/div>\n

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Something had to be done.\n<\/div>\n

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So employers formed workplace intervention groups, hired counselors and employees trained.\n<\/div>\n

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We have never been more sensitive, more averse to emotion, or more cautious to reactionary outbursts. We have squeezed emotion out of the workplace. Yet still, a recent survey<\/a> says that four out of five of us get angry with coworkers for not pulling their weight.\n

Righteous anger<\/a> is a tool that Jesus used to clear the temple, but to be honest, rarely are we put in those situations.\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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So is it ever appropriate to get angry at work? What kinds of situations would it be appropriate?
Anger is an emotion \u2013 and a God-given<\/a> one at that. Is it possible to be angry at work and not sin \u2013 and still avoid the workplace-hostility-emotion-police<\/em>? Tell us what you think here.\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cBe angry, but do not sin,\u201d
<\/span><\/em>Ephesians 4:26<\/span><\/em><\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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