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.

Masks didn't become mandatory until a bit later - here in Scotland, anyway. I remember having to queue two metres apart all the way round the supermarket car park, but nobody was wearing masks at that point.

Oh I would never, even outside of work!

I wasn't being sarcastic I was not mocking your view or opinion. I was disagreeing with

Also it appears you agree its possible to compliment members of opposite sex.

I would compliment a top member of staff if I thought they looked good. Even if I didn't know them well.
I compliment complete strangers on the street.

When done in a genuine manner and not all the time, the wast majority of people take it for how it is intended. As a genuine compliment. You get a big smile a thank you and both move on with their day

I do absolutely agree the way it is delivered is important and op has taken that on board.

You might not want to compliment on a directors lip job. However Pixilicious did and her director was not offended. Hence it was in my view not a daft thing for Pixilixious to do. You then introduced the would you do it if it was a male colleague and I would and I do. So I disagree its a "daft" thing to do its just not something you would do. And there is a big difference there.

Did some analysis on excel for the commercial manager & emailed it over. He decided to print it off and it printed wrong. Decided to shout at me in front of the whole office saying it was my fault, I had no idea he was planning to print it off and even so set your own setting 🤦🏼‍♀️

@sueelleker Nah, exempt because of the asthma (and wearing my jolly sunflower 🌻 lanyard). Interesting times.

For sending an email exactly as dictated to me by the manager sitting next to me.

I was 14, worked in a pub in the kitchen and also as a waitress. I got shouted at by the manager, he was at least 50 years old, for not having cleaned down the kitchen on Thursday night and leaving it a mess. I said I only ever worked Sundays and Friday nights, I'd never worked a Thursday night. He continued to shout and said we'd "part in company" if I ever left it in that state again. As I was so young I walked home crying!

Bf had passed away unexpectedly and work was my lifeline. I had been put on a shift but noone had informed me of that and I got called when I didn't turn up. I hurried down and was like 25min late to start my shift. Boss have me a stern telling off and a written warning about the importance of being on time when it was a genuine mistake. I often wonder if he regrets that stance

I was told off by a (male) manager for wearing trousers to work at a travel agency.

Circa 1986.

I had a miscarriage and returned to work still upset after a few days off. I burnt a lot of doughnuts and got a disciplinary for that. Luckily the manager who did the disciplinary overturned it and it was removed from my records.

I was severely bollocked for gossiping about a married supervisor travelling to Paris with a woman from his team. ( quite unusual to travel overseas in our job ) It actually was a conversation among about 10 people but I was the only one reprimanded which really pissed me off. About a year later the woman announced her engagement which was apparently an arranged marriage. So what a huge surprise (not) to discover she was actually marrying the bloody supervisor. She actually lied to everyone about who she was marrying.

So in case she’s on here…. It was not in fact appropriate for him to supervise you if he was shagging you and yes I do hold grudges.

When I worked as a hotel receptionist, I stayed over two hours after my finish time to help out at the bar because it suddenly got extremely busy and the bar manager had no other staff. Receptionists were regularly expected to help out. I finished after midnight and had to be back at 7.30 in the morning. I got a bollocking for helping out when I told the general manager the next day. I didn’t last long in that job.

Got told off by my boss for attempting to put a call through to her. She was in a meeting and had told me not to put any calls through. Except she hadn't told me - she'd told my colleague.

Using £ sign when writing monetary amounts on a note that is thrown away. It’s a waste of ink.

Years ago I was very publicly told off for not franking post that had been brought down 2 hours after I left for the day. The person who should have done it was her friend's daughter ergo it must have been my fault.
Happily her line manager witnessed this and asked her how I would have been able to do it without using psychic ability or twisting the fabric of space and time.

I was doing a day supply teaching at a primary school. It was in April (a few years ago). A really warm, sunny day. Some children asked me if they could go out in the playground at playtime without their coats on! I said of course you can, it’s really warm out there.
At lunch time, the head called me into her office, and told me off, because it’s school policy that children must have coats on at playtime until May!

I was "painfully reserved" and yet asked "too many questions". A few months later the Royal Navy thought otherwise and I spent nine years as an officer.

Sod off bank of Scotland cathcart street Greenock, Macinnes and Cranston!

For not responding to a non-urgent email when it landed at 8pm on a Saturday night. Apparently that was "a miss" because "senior leaders should always be available".

That was the beginning of the end. I walked out a few weeks later. American work culture can do one.

Someone left the stationary cupboard door open when there was a client in the building. We all got told off and had £10 docked from our wages.

Having my handbag on my desk - I had it there because I had a bad back and couldn’t bend to put it on the floor.

Walking too slow.... I was looking for a specific unit and reading 4 labels as I walked past each line.... I cant read if I walk fast

I got told off for using shortcut keys, rather than the menu bar!!

an oddball outlier like you

Maybe you don't realise it, but you are incredibly rude. If someone's hair looks nice, just tell them that. There's no need to ask them if they have dyed it.

I don't accept being "told off" as an adult. I only remember one workplace incident, and I can't even remember what I was being "told off" for - it was someone senior to me throwing his weight around, given that I neither reported to him nor was in his team. Which I pointed out. It basically escalated to a shouting match in the office because I refuse to be spoken to like that.

There was no real blowback because my actual line manager agreed with me, and it turned out that wasn't the only time the other guy had tried to overstep or make power plays with junior staff.

My line manager was very nice and chilled, and never tried to scold me like a child even when I made mistakes. He did sigh at that point that I have a problem with authority, which I'll own up to. I went self-employed after I left that company and he said it was much more suited to me (he was right).

I didn’t take the post stamping thing to the Post Office for new credits to be added

I explained that I had no idea how to do that, how to get the money to do that, thatbit even needed to be done

The woman who should have explained it to me told the boss I lied, she had spent a couple of hours showing me what a cheque looks like when placed in a drawer and where the Post Office was, and he sacked me!

It was a very weird place to work!