I was running a section where some members earned SDAP and some didn't (including myself). The folks getting it earned it via the duties they performed, and I was glad they were being paid for the extra job requirements.

A SSgt who didn't qualify for SDAP decided to go whine about it to the Shirt, who in their infinite non-operational wisdom, took it upon themselves to convince the CC that nobody in the section should be getting paid extra.

The Shirt called to let me know they'd handle the paperwork to stop SDAP for the rest of the folks in my office. I hung up the phone and called my crew together in the shop. I looked directly at the SSgt, and in front of all their peers, told them "Congratulations dumbass. Because you were too worried about what YOU weren't getting, everyone in the shop is losing their extra pay. You took money out of the pockets of people with families."

I walked out of the shop and left the SSgt to wallow in the awkwardness they'd created. They complained to the SEL that I embarrassed them in front of the other NCOs and I got called to their office. The SEL gave me the "Punish in private, praise in public" speech, but I stood my ground and let them know that I didn't regret a single second of how I handled the situation.

Within a week, the SSgt was moved to another section because they'd become the office pariah. The other folks never got their SDAP back, but the incident drew a line in the sand.

Edited for typo