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21 People That Abused The Smallest Amounts of Power

9.

I volunteered at a library back when paper due date slips were still a thing. One of the other volunteers had been there for years. She believed that this gave her some measure of authority and man did she abuse it. I saw her berate young kids about overdue books to the point of tears and scream at an autistic boy for reshelving a book instead of putting it on the cart (which is how it should be done, but have some tact lady). My worst experience with her was when she lectured me because some of my date stamps were crooked; not wrong, but just not perfectly aligned to the ruling on the card. I was just a teenager at the time and too much of a wuss to tell her off and remind her she actually had no authority over anyone.

10.

When I was first starting my job, there was this prick who worked in the office who told me he was a supervisor. He would order me around and give me extra work on top of the work I’m trying to do and give me shit later for not having it all done. He’d make me do unsafe stuff and working in areas I haven’t been officially trained in. Someone let it slip that he’s just an office clerk and not a supervisor, so the next time he walked up to me giving me extra work, I told him to get a real supervisor to okay it and he paused, looked at me, took the paperwork back and went back to the office. Didn’t see him for the rest of that day.

11.

Wanted to relocate with my cool little rabbit. Bought a ticket and confirmed with the airline beforehand. Ticket had a comment that said: “authorized to travel with a rabbit in the cargo hold.” Paid extra. On the day of my flight, after security checks, some lady who’s the “chief service officer” which basically was a 50 year old flight attendant, said we’re not flying. The rabbit will escape, and chew electrical wiring and kill us all, apparently. Also, she had “no superior” and reported to no one. It took lots of tears from my SO, lots of shouting from me, and 1 hour, to get her to get “special approval from the captain.”

12.

My kids were quite little, and I was giving them turns each day of being in charge of cleaning the living room, to exercise their leadership skills. When it was my son’s turn, I had left them alone for a while and came back to the girls complaining that he was ordering them to punch each other.

Written by Alex Cogen

Alex is a New Yorker currently living in Austin. She loves cats, grass, and latex but unfortunately is allergic to all 3. She makes mom and dad jokes more than she cares to admit (jk she'll admit it loud and proud). She isn't as funny as she thinks she is. She is the founder of thelazygurl.com.