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Supervisor conflict AIBU?

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user9800980 · 20/08/2025 16:46

Sorry if this sounds pathetic but I just feel a bit upset about something that happened at work yesterday and feel it has knocked my confidence a bit.

I was on lunch and my supervisor came and asked if once I had finished lunch could I get on with a certain job, I explained that I had another job to finish and asked if anyone else was free to do the job as I was worried about not finishing the job I had to do. She said there wasn't so I said ok.

I came back from lunch ready to start the job but went to help a customer, then had to help a few more. I was 10 minutes max. I then went to start the job she had asked me to do. In the time I had been serving the customers she had gone to report me to the manager for not following her instructions.

Was I been unreasonable?

OP posts:
Dangermoo · 20/08/2025 17:21

user9800980 · 20/08/2025 16:46

Sorry if this sounds pathetic but I just feel a bit upset about something that happened at work yesterday and feel it has knocked my confidence a bit.

I was on lunch and my supervisor came and asked if once I had finished lunch could I get on with a certain job, I explained that I had another job to finish and asked if anyone else was free to do the job as I was worried about not finishing the job I had to do. She said there wasn't so I said ok.

I came back from lunch ready to start the job but went to help a customer, then had to help a few more. I was 10 minutes max. I then went to start the job she had asked me to do. In the time I had been serving the customers she had gone to report me to the manager for not following her instructions.

Was I been unreasonable?

Ask her whether the customer comes first, or not.

ohyesido · 20/08/2025 17:23

She sounds like an insecure jobsworth

DiscoBob · 20/08/2025 17:26

I guess it depends if there were others around who could've served the customers. If not then you should explain you didn't want to leave them unserved as the task would take you away for several minutes.

The supervisor must be driving the boss mad if they make complaints like this about people. So no way will you be disciplined. I'd hope!

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