Everyone has the right to have a bad day every once in a while. The day you wake up late and as you get up, you hit your shin on the bed frame. You are about to get dressed when you realize the clothes you need are not ironed. You’re going to have a cup of coffee and you find out there is no sugar. You take the public transport and the wait is three times longer than usual (or you start the car and you find out that the gas tank is on empty).

You get to work late; you are greeted by the disapproving look from those who arrived earlier than you did. You use the restroom during your break and (after you start taking care of what you are there for, of course), you realize there’s no toilet paper. You get back to work and you get that unexpected visit from the guy who works in the other department who doesn’t stop chatting about everything but what matters to you; and there goes another precious hour of your day.

The boss walks by, sees you chatting with the guy, and now he thinks that besides being late for work, you’re idle to the point you think you can spare some time to chitchat with your buddy from the other department. Then he calls out to you and gives you another task that will simply throw a wrench in your whole work schedule.

The day goes on with no change of luck for you, and now, feeling stressed out, you finally clock out and face the stressful commute back home. You can’t wait to get home, take a shower, relax and do nothing. After all, it was a day with zero productivity and you want to get at least one thing right: to recoup your energy and make tomorrow a better day.

You open the door and you’re welcomed by:

•  “What took you so long?”
• “Why didn’t you buy the milk as I asked?”
• “Why didn’t you take my call?”
• “When are you going to clean up this mess?”
• “Do you know there’s no sugar in the house?”
• “Have you seen your phone bill?”
• “You’re not paying attention to me.”
• “We need to talk.”

Evidently, it doesn’t happen only to you. Your husband, wife, son, father, mother, boss — everybody has their bad days. When you realize they are having a bad day, how about doing to them as if you would like them to do to you?

Give the person a break. Let him vent. If you cannot help, then do not disturb him. Do not contribute to make his day worse. Remember: he does not always act like that. Tomorrow, he’ll be better, and also very thankful for your understanding.

It is just like in business, we give a good discount to conquer the client. It’s by giving a good break that we can save our relationships.

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