I can respect a smart-ass comment, when the moment is warranted and it is funny, but I find now more than ever that people are just being downright crude and mean.

I especially find it unbecoming and unprofessional in work life. We are all there to do a job and if in that job you find that muttering smart-ass comments under your breath, hoping that your employees don’t hear you, is professional…you would be wrong.

In fact, it’s probably the most unprofessional you could be. Who wants to take direction from someone like that? Are we not all adults? Because most of the time, I feel that people are parading around in adult bodies, but act like children.

Honestly, I don’t think it matters where you work, it happens everywhere…from retail to corporate America.

That is not to say that being a smart-ass in certain situations is not warranted, like with your friends or family, but it needs to stay out of the workplace.

So, the next time you feel the need to whisper a smart-ass comment, especially if you are in a position of power, take a step back and maybe keep it to yourself. It doesn’t make your employees respect you, in fact it does the exact opposite.