Blog Post # 4 Pathos- Work Place Bullying

For this blog post I decided to try and think of a subject matter that has been in the news a lot lately and that is bullying. Instead of a generalization of this subject, I instead focused on a blog I came across that talked about bullying in the workplace. Many people when they think of the word bullying automatically assume this is taking place in some sort of school between kids. Although this does happen in schools, bullying itself can happen anywhere and at anytime. In the case of a Miss Valentine, bullying for her occurred at a much older age and in the workplace.

After the first few introductory paragraphs the reader really begins to be drawn into the world of bullying and what exactly it entails. Emotion begins to flow for the reader as anyone in their life who has experienced bullying first hand will relate to what exactly Miss Valentine is talking about. Even if you have not experienced the awful thought of bullying, for most people it will still strike a cord as you probably know at least one person in your life who has dealt with the pain and suffering this does to a person over time.

As you read further into the blog itself Miss Valentine shares her own experience with this subject matter. Hearing her first person accounts of these events give the overall feeling of how it was difficult to deal with, as most people do not expect as an adult in a job they enjoy doing to worry about something such as being bullied by coworkers. On a positive note from this story the writer also gives hope who to those who are stricken with this themselves as she rose above the occasion and kept her confidence high as she knew herself did nothing wrong and it was instead those "other" coworkers who were in the wrong.

In the end it was nice to see her able to take this very negative experience and turn it into a positive one. These few tips are enough to give those who read this blog and have to deal with bullying the idea of a light at the end of a very dark tunnel. Miss Valentine did a good job in regard to the pathos in order to take her past time in these very hard situations and generate a response that almost anyone will draw emotion and sympathy from and give hope and reassurance to all those out there that they are not alone. The truth of the matter is almost everyone at some point in their life has to deal with bullying.


Link to Blog:http://stalbanscounselling.wordpress.com/2012/11/20/bullying-in-the-workplace/