Delegating work to someone who isn’t authorized can lead to chaos.

Imagine being told you had to do a job that wasn’t part of your job description. Would you do it anyway, or would you find a way to get out of doing it?

This woman who works in admin was tasked to do payroll.

She politely reminded the manager that it wasn’t her responsibility, but he still insisted and forced her to do it.

Read the story below to find out how the story plays out.

He told me to do the timesheet and send to payroll so I did. Payroll were baffled.

This happened some years ago.

The timesheet is the manager’s job, not admin.

Our manager left and we got a new one who immediately assigned this job to me.

I told him it was a manager’s job, but he insisted I do it.

This woman checked everyone’s attendance, including those who are not in.

I ticked everyone in, 5 days a week, 9 to 5 p.m.

Some worked part-time.

Some worked flexible days, so they are not in every day.

Some were not in at all.

Payroll queried the timesheet.

New boss never gave it to me again.

Lol. Let’s read the responses of other people on Reddit to this story.

Short and encouraging!

Lol. Here’s another petty idea.

This user shares a sensible principle.

Someone who works in payroll shares their thoughts.

Finally, you handled it perfectly, says this person.

That’s what you get when you’re too lazy to do your job.

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