Quote Originally Posted by crazycanuck View Post
I was in tears not realizing what i'd said. Good thing I was about to leave the company to move to Australia!
That's very unfortunate

Every bit of verbal communication has two components:
  • the intent of the speaker
  • the interpretation of the hearer


The intent is firm...the interpretation is discretionary. In context, she should have given you the benefit of the doubt...and only proved herself to be a bit myopic by not doing so.