So... how does that make you feel?

LOUSY and DEFENSIVE! That would be what I would feel then. Instead of appreciating what I have done, that someone have the cheek to come and berate me. This is not just an assumption. It is true fact of life and I have no lesser experience.

I don't mind positive criticisms that will help me to achieve better in future. But what I dislike are biased criticisms; something which you can clearly sense certain kind of personal feelings involved even though your work or project is fine. And someone else project or work, being more bad than you but no reprimand or criticism is given. I'm all for fair work and play..

i think your first feelings are either anger or hurt. and then i would just feel like who gives a sh*t what that person things. when I know i put my all into something i don't really care what others thing.

I've been in that situation! It's like pinching on my nerves!!!! Oh tell me how you managing it! I once stop working on the project and requested the critic to continue since she/he an expert!!

It depends on the situation , what we say to him .If we are already suffering from poverty then we can not say even a single word to him .Because if we are fired then there is no job left for us .So we can not say any thing to him . We have to adjust to the situation. But one thing we can feel that the man who has no respect to our hard work ,is like a animal.

As I am usually conscientious I try not to rise to the bait if someone comes along and makes negative comments about one of my projects. I do my best to remain calm and objective but my first reaction is one of intense irritation. It can be a very depressing experience if you allow it to be one. However it is better to allow time to elapse before reflecting on the comments made and replying to them politely. Once you do that plus pointing up the positive results of your project take it from me you will enjoy a huge feeling of satisfaction.

Anger, frustration, ready to scream and probably not talk to the Person for a little while It is ok to point out the Mistakes, but in the same breath give praise where it is due

I am not sure, most of the time they would not make it better, but they like to criticize....I can say that some people like to push others down to feel better... People who are not having any talents have the last word to say, I like constructive criticism with positive approach...

Hmmm...I guess I'd start with a deep seated rage that boils slowly to the surface, along with sad, depressed, and discouraged. Of course I'd try to blow their words off. Sometimes I listen to people's criticism, and I don't realize they are completely unqualified to say anything about something I've done.

Hi arkaf! If this kind of thing happens with me, I would definitely be feeling hurt and very bad. I just cannot digest the fact that I worked hard on a project and I am being let down by finding shortcomings in my sincere efforts in completing the project. I will feel angry and irritated and may say certain bad things in my heart about that person, who dared to find faults with me or my project. However, I will try my best to justify my actions and deeds and will try to convince him that I worked honestly on the project with all my might and wisdom. Good Post!

Since you are a teacher, I'm sure you never do that to any of your students! My reaction would be to think that I'm not finished yet and how can I finish with rude interruptions, but I suppose it makes a difference whether the person is a boss who controls your paycheck or a relative or just some other busybody. I guess I would WANT to ask them if they don't have anything better to do than criticize. If the person actually produced something of quality first and then came to criticize, I might listen and try to benefit, but usually these are people who couldn't do have as good a job as what they are complaining about in twice the time with quadruple the resource. As a practical matter, I would reply in one of the following three ways (in that order): 1) OK, you want me to do it better, GIVE ME THE RESOURCES (more time, clerical assistance, better equipment, pay me more, etc.)--hey, this is the time to ask for things. 2) OK, you know so much better how to do it, YOU DO IT! 3) Icy glare while maintaining silence. There is a 4th and nasrier response that comes to mind, but personally I would never use it, and that would be a passive aggressive stance...look very darkly sad, maybe even cry a little, saying, "I guess I'm just no good at this. Everybody can do this better than me. I shouldn't even try. Oh, now I feel even worse." Heh, heh, that is the kind of retaliation against which there is no defense. It makes your attacker look like an abject heel, and all anybody remembers is what a jerk the other person was. The reason I would never do it is twofold: people who know me would never believe I was for real, and the effect would be totally ruined if I laughed (or even smirked) and I'm lol just thinking about it.

Wouldn't the only thing bruised here, be ego?? I would analyze the remarks to see if they were true. Correct them problems if possible. Live with the rest. If the remarks were made just to be mean, I would pity that jealous person.

I know many ppl agree that it is a S**t situation to be in :S but some ppl dont know how to complement and think that by pointing out the errors they are really helping you and not the other way around. They even think "HA, why are you feeling bad?!!!" It is really hard to know why but I know someone who is like this which makes you feel bad and like what ever you are doing has no meaning or what you did was no good and were all wrong. I then learned that it is a way of acting which can be corrected by learning about others but I had a question then on how can I make that person know he/she should change it as it affects others badly "negatively" instead of positively :) thanks for sharing & happy Mylotting

I have faced a lot of situations like that.I will get irritated and anger but i will try to be in control.I used those feeling efficiently and turn all those to make the progress and its performance increase.

I believe anger, I will try my best to not explode and correct what I have done that makes my project so full of mistakes, but it is one time deal I will probably move on to other things in life.