Boo-hoo-hoo

It comes in waves, but there are ways of keeping the feeling at bay. Lift your chin and focus on the painting on your manager’s wall. Place a finger under your nose and think of something funny. But sometimes nothing helps. Your breathing becomes shallow, your speech hiccupy, your snot liquefies, and suddenly you’re doing the worst thing anyone can do in the office: you’re crying.

At least, it used to be the worst thing you could do in the office. According to a recent piece in The Wall Street Journal, crying on the job is gaining acceptance. Research and anecdotal evidence suggests that a growing number of American workers in their twenties and thirties are blubbing freely and openly…

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