CMV: Crying openly in the workplace is unprofessional and there is ...

CMV: Crying openly in the workplace is unprofessional and there is rarely a circumstance that should be permissible.
I have had multiple positions in my career now and I have worked with multiple people that cry on a regular basis. One of these people was a good friend of mine and would say things like “I’m strong like my dad, I never cry” and then I would witness her cry almost weekly over a meeting going poorly or because her project didn’t work out the way she wanted. This wasn’t isolated to just her though, throughout my various positions there are many other people that do this. I feel extremely uncomfortable around people that cry, particularly in the work environment due to lack of appropriateness to comfort them and I guess just the environment and relationship I have with them not being particularly intimate. I think it’s pretty unprofessional and shows a lack of maturity. It is of course okay to cry if you find out that your dog or grandma died, or that a life changing career event had actually just occurred, but just throwing around a crying fit like a 3 year old when things don’t go as planned is unacceptable and unprofessional. Lastly, I understand that someone may be going through something in their personal lives which makes them more prone to crying but 1) It seems too pervasive and just generally accepted by the frequency I witness it 2) They should really do their best to separate their work/personal lives and 3) Regardless of if you’re going through something, it should be taken to a private space rather than make a spectacle out of it if tears and sobbing really can’t be held back.
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