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I was told off by a work colleague

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selepele · 02/11/2018 20:28

i have been at my current job since June, the person concerned has been there longer than me. He is the accounts guy, not my manager and I do not need to answer to him at all.

He works downstairs and me upstairs but you can see my desk if you walk round the corner from downstairs as I'm at the top of the stairs.

I work as admin so people sometimes ask me to type up stuff for them ect, which is no issues. I was hired to do the project manager and ICT persons admin.

so this particular person I have never had issues with and had a good relationship with until today.

He ask me to type up some stuff and I ask when does he need it by which he says "its not urgent, like 2-3 days I don't need it today" he gave me this work around 3pm

so everyone has left the office and it is just me and him (we are a small team of around 8) he walks pass the stairs (at the bottom of the stairs) once and sees me on my phone, he then does it again to go loo then when he is back turns around and says to me...

"I will appreciate if you do what I told you to do and not play on your phone"
I said I am doing it which he said "no youre not" and I said you told me it wasn't urgent which he said "that's not the point you don't just sit there on your phone"

I was very shocked by his attitude, as stated he is NOT my manager or of any authority to me.

He didn't even come upstairs to see if I had done anything since giving it to me so I made a point to finish it all and put it on his desk before the end of the day at 5pm.

I then left and I did slam the door and ignore him when he said bye to me.

do you think I am wrong at all?

He asked me to type up some stuff for him, which was fine

OP posts:
DaveSpondoolix · 11/11/2018 17:10

Like he's sucking up to her. A derivation of begging like a dog.

Aridane · 11/11/2018 17:15

Ah, that makes more sense

Gwenhwyfar · 11/11/2018 20:31

"That list you've posted of people who can countersign your passport application has changed. "

Link to the new list then. That came from the government's website. I do think they sometimes accept other occupations, but it's a bit ad hoc.

" How many people know a magistrate, solicitor or police officer officer well enough to be vouched for "

They don't have to know you that well, just be sure who you are. Most people know a teacher or a doctor though.

"The reason for my insistence that journalism is a trade, not a profession, goes back to my earliest days on the job. If you were a tradesperson you could claim overtime. If you were a professional, you couldn't. So that's why we all insisted it was a trade and I'm sticking with that."

Can you get overtime now though?
Admin people can't normally get overtime either and are not professionals.

Gwenhwyfar · 11/11/2018 20:31

Good job OP. Looks like you've won!

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