‘You're not my boss, don't question me’: Micromanager accuses employee of undermining his authority after they ask for help, employee quits and walks out mid-shift in response

'You're not the boss of me' is normally a sentence you would hear a child tell their parents or friends. You would not expect to hear this sentence in a workplace when a boss tells it to one of their employees.

Yet, there are managers out in the world who behave like literal children in their workplace, and nobody bats an eye. They love their power, hate relinquishing control, and sometimes just bully their employees for fun. Take the boss in this Reddit story for example. OP (original poster) has been feeling like they were targeted by their boss for no reason whatsoever. The situation reached its breaking point after the boss yelled at OP before they even managed to get a word out, so OP simply took their belongings and left, quitting mid-shift. I wonder if bossman thinks his behavior was worth it…

Keep scrolling for the full story. After you are done, click here for a story of an employee who learned the hard way they should always use their PTO.

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