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.

When I was 16 I worked in McDonald’s. The managers and team leaders wore a white shirt and yellow neck scarf. We were told we were only allowed to use our own till float and those of managers and team leaders. There was a lady let’s call her Karen who wore the white shirt and scarf combo, I was asked to hop on tills on day, so I jumped on her till to serve someone while she was getting some food together, she came back and shouted at me saying why are you using my till? I said because your allowed to use the till of managers and team leaders?? And she said well I’m not I’m just a crew member, I said well your wearing the manager uniform to which she replied “I’m wearing it because I prefer it” and I’m supposed to know that how? It’s like my 3rd day you clown 😂😂 didn’t realise we could just cosplay managers 🙄

When I was at spoons and it was an old firm day mind you so it was absolutely pandemonium I didn’t put the lime in the correct place on a glass of corona and my boss actually went red and told that this isn’t the perfect serve and if a mystery shopper got this I would tank everyone’s bonus…

If anyone from head office had come in that day they wouldn’t have been able to get to the bar lol.

I wasn’t told off as such but I was questioned as I why I hadn’t signed someone’s leaving cards… despite the fact it was very well known in the department that the people leaving were not especially liked and one was actually a manipulative bitch.

I informed them that I couldn’t bring myself to write some meaningless “good luck, it’s been soooo lovely to work with you … you will be missed” kind of crap when I clearly didn’t mean it. The person who questioned me actually told me they admired my integrity 😁

Was she 2 years old? That has vibes of 'cutted up pear'!

A group of us were told off by HR for email tone, including "kind regards" "regards" etc being passive aggressive, and suggesting fluffing up emails with vague niceties.

Yeah accepted. It probably didn't come out very well.

You might not like it and that's fair enough.

But pretending it's odd to ask someone if they've dyed their hair when you think they may have dyed their hair, is a bit silly 🤣

This made me laugh out loud! If I were your boss, I’d have mentioned it as a positive in your appraisal.

Because I planned something in my day off, was actually a drs appointment then got told off as Apprentley I need to keep my days off free Incase they swap them ……

Only couple of months ago.

Customer emailed in to complain about me. When I wrapped her purchase, in tissue paper as she requested rather than her paying for a bag, I used 3 pieces of tissue. Nit 1, or 2, but atrociously 3! pieces.

My manager, rather than rolling her eyes and sending a polite reply, actually called a meeting with me to explain my actions!

I was told off for something mentioned in a team meeting, about another team and their failure to carry out an activity, but I phrased it bluntly A seconded member of our team, then went and told the other team, hence a reprimand. Said seconded member then applied for a vacancy in our team and the 'whole' team said if she got the job we'd all walk, as our team needed to trust that what was said in our team, stayed in our team! She ended up in the only team that would have her. She left soon after.

I got my point across quite clearly in my initial comment. Your rebuttal was essentially ‘no, it isn’t’. So, all you’re getting in return is ‘yes, it is’.

Were you there long enough to get a bit of a pension in years to come? I had a job year’s ago that I really hated (because of the awful people). For a long time I regretted staying there (6 years) and beat myself up a lot for not leaving sooner, but now I get a pension from them (small but very welcome) which helps relieve the years of regret it caused me. I got told off there for being too quiet 😒

Also depends how well you know each other...

I used to struggle with severe hayfever which my manager knew. We had an internal room for our office which had poor ventilation. My manager brought in daffodils which had a lot of pollen and a strong smell. When I started sneezing I was told off for it!

What the heck ! What did you say to your manager

I was asked why I hadn't attended someone's leaving drink... by someone who knew very well why and was just stirring a bit.

For spending time researching who could come in and deliver health talks to my residents when my job was to arrange activities and health talks from professionals.

But definitely not this!

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5107008-husband-said-nice-comb-over-to-a-man-at-a-work-drinks-event

I don't think I knew her well enough! Lesson learned...

I end most of my emails with kind regards, what’s wrong with it 🫣😬

I once asked a colleague if she wanted a cup of tea and she said she just wanted hiot water with a splash of milk. I exclained in surprise 'Is that it?' because I'd never heard of that before. She went to HR.

I also had my line manager screaming in my face 2 weeks after i joined because I am not from the UK and it should be 'British jobs for british people'.

She did everything she could to sabotage me- like going into the system and changing my time sheets and deleting my files. i lasted 4 years before telling my work place I was sacking them for incompetence because they refused to deal with her.

25+ years ago I used to do regular relief shifts at a small care home for people with learning disabilities - basically a house with eight residents. It was our job as staff to do everything needed - personal care, household tasks like cooking, washing and ironing, etc.

I got told off one evening for sitting speaking to a resident who wanted a chat about something. Even though all the household jobs on the rota had been done, this wasn't acceptable, apparently. I should have "used my initiative" and looked for a job to do. Non-task-related interaction with residents was obviously not considered a valid use of time.

Worked in a large hospital once and did a course for this and a course for that and one questionnaire we were given at the end of an equality and diversity course , asked if you were giving a pen to a Muslim patient would you give it in your left or right hand. I put left hand as l am left handed, so knew l would use this hand.
Apparently, l was told, some cultures find offering with left hand offensive so this was the 'wrong' answer. I refused to put the 'correct' answer and said l found it quite offensive as a left handed person tbh.
I did say that if l were in their country or in a mosque for example, then l would of course abide by their rules, as in covering my head if required, offering anything with my right hand (if ld known it was a thing at the time).
I was made to take the test three times by my horrible boss at the time, she kept failing me. It went to HR in the end and l was exonorated and it was dropped. Not sure if they still use that question as it was decades ago now.

What exactly does a British job for British people mean? What an imbecile 😂