Who make moodier workmates - men or women?

Question

What have your experiences been? Have you found that men are more bad tempered than women, or visa versa?

Try to give an honest answer here rather than the politically correct answer.

Answer 1

From my experience in school, boys tend to be more cheerful. If the mercury rises, it's always the girls.

Answer 2

Just depends, no sh*t. Today for example, I was in a foul mood and I think most of my co-workers caught onto it during the daily 'safety meeting', or more appropriately, 'how to cover your a*s meeting'.

Honestly it just varies. I worked with a woman for about two years that was an excellent worker but she always had something going on in her life (drama) and she couldn't keep her mouth shut about it.

Anyway, I am really the wrong person to comment, considering I despise work so much that while doing it, I am there.... but not really there if you know what I mean.

Answer 3

Well, I work with men all day long.  I've seen one smash scaffolding, one threw a hammer through a nice new sheet of drywall, one kicked the mixer...on and on...

I have been known to throw shovels and kick bricks...so I guess both!  We all have a bad day once in awhile am I right?

Answer 4

Women, in my experience.

Answer 5

My experience has been that men and women can be equally moody in the workplace.  The only real difference is in the way they express their moods.

Answer 6

Depends.   Women have more frequent mood swings.  They can go from happy to upset in an instant it seems.  I work with a woman who's mood turns on a dime.  If there's a s***w up in accounting, she gripes about it all day. The men I've worked with have fewer mood swings, but when they do get frustrated or angry their outbreaks are more extreme.  I've seen guys throw things or just leave.  One guy got upset and didn't come into work for two days

Answer 7

Men are constant, women are up and down, overall i'd say they are the same but if a women is in a mood you best stay out of her way and have some chocolate to hand just incase you're in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Answer 8

I think it's a toss up. Men can be withdrawn and moody, as women can be a little more chatty about it.

Regina - turn off the ALL CAPS PLEASE! IT'S RUDE!

Answer 9

I would say women.

Answer 10

I have to go with men.  In both my current job and my previous job, I've worked with men who yelled and threw (and smashed) things when they got frustrated.  One even physically attacked a co-worker.  I've never had to deal with anything like that when working with other women.

Answer 11

WOMEN

they react with an emotional head instead of a logic and a professional attitude.

Answer 12

Women, that's why they do better being isolated from society washing the kitchen floors!! lol

Answer 13

WOMEN

Answer 14

WOMEN!!!! Really, is there even a question? Women might not out rightly get loud and angry but they will sabotage, plot, and destroy. I HATED working with women when I used to work. I don't generally get along with women anyway, I like to play with the boys.

Answer 15

In my own personal experience at every job I've worked at, the "moodier co-workers" have been consistently women.

If there's a man in my department who is having a bad day, it's very rare that anyone else in the whole building knows about it. If certain women are having a terrible day, it seems as though the whole department is asking them what's wrong, talking about it in the lunch room, emailing them jokes to cheer them up...

When there's deadlines, certain women handle stress very negatively - being rude to others, ignoring co-workers, gossiping to other employees to relieve stress...etc. It seems to me that most men I work with take more things "with a grain of salt" and not stressing themselves out about situations and getting others involved.

Another thing I noticed is that my female co-workers are unpredictable. There's a woman across the hall from me who can be very polite to me in the morning, and horrible after lunch time where all the men in my department are consistent in their behaviours.

I don't think this has anything to do with being feminist, sexist, etc. but how we are raised and how society teaches us to show our emotions. It is proven that little boys are taught that crying is feminine and should keep it to a minimum, and girls are encouraged to make their problems known and to talk about it. I think that since it has been stressed to us women that we shouldn't hold in any of our problems or issues - we don't. We make them public, making us more unpredictable to others and "moodier" in the work place.

Answer 16

It all depends on the individual, some people are moody some aren't. I hate moody people, forcing their misery on other people!!

Answer 17

My exp: Women

Answer 18

I am sorry to say, but woman, hands down.

Answer 19

Definitely women.

When men are bad tempered about something its over and done with quickly whereas women walk around in a mood all day long giving everyone 'evils'. IMO women bring their problems to work far more than men do.

To be fair though, women do have hormonal inbalances at certain times of the month...so I think a little moodiness a couple of days a month can't be helped.

Answer 20

Women, from my experiences. The ones I know from work are always in some sort of emotional mood swing.

Answer 21

I've only ever worked with three genuinely "moody" people. Two were male, one was female. Out of all 3, the biggest drama queen was a guy. He would pick fights with people, I guess for the fun of it, but then when they'd bite back he'd throw a tantrum and storm out of the office. (This was someone who had just graduated college, so I blame it on his age more than anything else.)

I'm not going to say that my experiences are representative of the entire world, it's just the way things have gone for me.

Answer 22

I think both can be pretty bad sometimes. I worked with this really passive-agressive guy who would go behind my back and tell HR if I did something wrong instead of just confronting me himself.

Answer 23

I wouldn't really know as I may perceive someone to be moody but it may not mean they actually are so my answer would be unreliable. If a co worker of either gender does not speak to me I may perceive that as them being sullen and withdrawn or even angry with me when they may be just interested in doing their job and being diligent and hardworking.  Whatever gender I perceive as 'moody' comes from my own history, biases, prejudices and even psychological issues I suppose. It is rather hard to truly clarify.

Answer 24

If by moody you mean happy one day then grumpy the next for no apparent reason, I'd have to say I've worked with both men and women who are moody. Some people are just like that for the attention I don't think it matters if they're male or female.