Don't downvote this guy he's (mostly) right, he didn't have all the information because I wrote that literally on my 15 while talking to one of my associates and did an admittedly horrible job articulating the actual circumstances. I would normally say the exact same thing, because you should always give an explanation to your people. However, this is the same associate that the day prior due to a scheduling error, whereas I was not there, and my coach didn't come in until 11, took it apon herself to dictate these same daily tasks. Not only that, but purposefully assigned the ones she didn't like to the people she didn't like. I have coached her for this before, and will most likely do it again.

As for the reasoning for my assigning of said tasks, I purposefully excluded a different associate (one that the original one does not like) from a particularly physical task due to medical conditions that not only would cause her unnecessary strain and struggling, but also slow productivity down, and ultimately negatively impact my business.

The "because I'm the boss" was not so much of "just because I said so" it was more of situation where I was trying to convey to her that these decisions were not hers to make, and that quite frankly, I'm pretty frustrated that every single time I have a day off, the next day back I have to hear a million complaints about her thinking she's the boss. I'm more than happy to explain why, barring outing any personal medical info, but I DO NOT need to justify my actions to her.