It is normal not to get along with some of your colleagues, but calling them an idiot via email is a different story.

This manager disciplines a rude employee by cutting his system access.

Read the story for the full details!

Don’t mess with who controls system access!

At my last job (I left to have a baby), I was in middle management.

I controlled everyone’s systems and email access throughout the entire company.

We had a new hire that was being a jerk during the onboarding process, and at one point, he called me an idiot via email.

This woman removed the jerk’s system access.

So I locked his system access, and told him the only way he could get it back is if his manager called me and convinced me to give it back to him.

I didn’t include the manager on the email because I wanted him to have to go to his manager and explain what happened.

He apologized, and it never happened again.

The next day. I got a very apologetic call from his manager and we both had a good laugh over it.

I unlocked the guy’s access.

Never had a problem with him again!

Let’s see what other people have to say about this.

This user calls the new hire an idiot.

Here’s another petty revenge idea.

This one shares a lesson from her mom.

A gentle reminder to all you office people.

People are satisfied with the story.

Moral of the story: Never mess with IT staff!

You’d think everyone would have realized that by now.

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