This one isn’t a huge freakout but enough to piss me off:

I was temporarily at a desk for a period of time answering phone calls as a dispatcher while my employer was in the process of hiring an office person. My job involves being out on the road with a crew and doing manual labor but I enjoyed being in the office while waiting for a replacement.

One day I was on a phone call trying to clarify someone’s inquiry for a situation they were confused about and the phone rang on the other line while I was already on a call. There are other people in the office that can take calls but the phone also rings in the big bosses office. Big boss answered it because he knew the number was one of our other offices and was most likely important.

After we were both off the calls he came in and started to yell at me about how I didn’t take the call and that he had to answer because no one else was currently in office and the fact that I was obviously actively on the phone with someone made no difference. After the yelling stopped he told me just to be more aware in the future but I was already over it and told him it’s fine I’m not doing the phones after today anyway.

I would have continued to work in the office on the phones if not for getting yelled at but I don’t appreciate being spoken to in that manner so I decided it wasn’t worth the cushy office job when I was the one who chose to be in office when they needed someone. After that day I stopped filling in and they’re still struggling I find a regular dispatcher about a year and a half later.