To ask for stupid reasons you've been told off at work?

[chailatte123]

I once asked a member of the Senior Team if she had dyed her hair.
Apparently this was very rude.

A customer refused to leave a phone number. Apparently this was my fault and disciplinary worthy.

It was very rude. And quite an odd thing to ask someone.

I got told off for treating my job like a career instead of a job. Every time I think about that place, I get PTSD.

Parking in the (consultants only) car park. Ooops 😃
I actually got a stern written warning!

Oh dear, I asked a senior leader this the other day as it looked fab and wanted to compliment her. She took it very bravely 😁

I got told off for leaving scissors in a shop window display. Still bitter 30 years later

Irony is I run my own shop now..

Using printer ink to draw a moustache on myself.

Fair enough. I thought I was being friendly..

Behave

I got in trouble when a senior manager emailed the ENTIRE company with some terrible American poem written from the POV of someone dying on the roadside after being hit by a drunk driver. The only lines I remember are: I’m lying on the road Mum, the light is growing dim 🙄

I replied to her by accident saying it was schmaltzy nonsense 🤣 and she complained to the CEO, I was made to apologise to her in person. Apparently using company tools to spam people with absolute bollocks is ok though.

As in medical consultants?

When I was an associate solicitor, the partner I worked for asked me if I would assist one of the other partners. I was handed 2 litigation files to review whether or not they were a winner or not. Next morning I reviewed & drafted a two page memo and sent it to her that set out all the reasons why we should just close the file. I then reviewed the second file and set out in a two page memo the reasons why we should also close that file.

job done, I thought I’d been super efficient and helpful.

I received a phone call the next day saying that my actions were aggressive, and if I was suggesting we close a file, it should’ve been a phone call discussion and not a memo.

that partner was bats**t crazy.

My colleague sent an email to the wrong people....

I got told off by the manager of a law firm for telling some colleagues I was going to center parcs for a week. Apparently this disrupted staff because none of them wanted to cover for me because of my horrible, selfish demanding boss. She didn't deal with that though because he was a partner.

Also I sent a book to print with the folios (page numbers) in a slightly different half tone to the one the v famous photographer's wife had wanted. That warranted a book being thrown at me by the MD.

You can surely see that you needed to be told this wasn’t ok?

Calling out a senior manager on his bullshit and lies.

Apparently I need to give him the respect he deserves as a manger. And what I said was lies.

Had to provide evidence to HR what I said was fact and legitimate.

Then I got told off for upsetting my direct manager as I refused to retract my comments

@chailatte123 I asked a director if she’d had her lips done. She had, it looked good, she wasn’t offended and I didn’t get told off. Imagine two adult women talking about beauty and aesthetics! Alert the police!

My blouse was “too vibrant” and didn’t comply with the dress code apparently. Similarly my plain black shoes with a small gold buckle were “too blingy”.
I was also told to reprimand a member of my team because he had shaved his head(!) and according to the senior director now looked “thuggish and unprofessional”. I did not have that conversation!

I don’t think it’s a rude question at all. I guess it depends on your relationship and how you said it though.

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