Power Conflict

This picture shows a power conflict between Ralph and Jack.

One time, I experienced a person vs. person power conflict between myself and a co-worker.  Our supervisors and managers had already left but they had not specified where each of us were supposed to work. We both wanted to work in  the grocery department that night instead of the dairy department because there was not much to do in the grocery department, and the dairy cooler was quite full which meant there was a lot of work to be done.  Since we could not work as a pair, we had to decide who would work where.  Instead of starting an argument about the issue, we mutually decided that I 

Compromise.

would work in the grocery department for the night and my co-worker would work in the dairy department.  We agreed to switch roles the next time we worked together.  If we were allowed, we would have worked as a pair and finished the jobs in each department together.  However, this solution would have caused other problems which is why we were not allowed.  These problems could of been too much socializing, too much fun, or we could have developed dependencies for each other.  These problems might have caused us to not get the work done that night or in future shifts due to a dependency for each other.  Therefore, I believe that our solution was the most reasonable one possible for this situation.  If this conflict had escalated, we might have wasted a lot of time trying to decide who would work where instead of just getting the job done.

This picture shows a power conflict between Michael Myers and Pinhead.

Also, the situation might have become violent if it had continued to escalate. If it had escalated to that level, it is possible we would have been fired. Therefore, it was a good compromise to make.