Saturday, January 31, 2009

Resolving Interpersonal Conflict (Post #2)

Role A

You accidentally crashed into your boss’s(B) car this morning while parking in the empty lot beside his car in the office carpark. The reason is because you were tired and overworked and you were not paying attention while driving this morning. The damaged you caused is quite massive and expensive, and you do not have the cash to pay your boss at this moment. You also did not hit it off too well with the boss at the start when you joined the company 3 months ago, and you feel that he does not have a good impression of you.

How would you tell B about the crash? How would you offer to compensate him?

Role B

Your employee(A) tells you that he crashed into your car this morning. You do not particularly like him because you find him too insincere and disrespectful towards you. You think that he crashed into your car intentionally, especially since he mentioned that he has no money to pay you now. You expect an apology as well as some form of compensation.

Would you believe A’s explanation? How would you ask A to compensate you?