28 Funny Times a Small Amount of Power Went to Someone’s Head

‘I ruled that first grade classroom’
28 Funny Times a Small Amount of Power Went to Someone’s Head

Everyone remembers their first taste of power. For one Redditor, it was the time they broke their leg. Though they were only in first grade, they quickly realized their immediate change in status — and how to exploit it. For weeks, they had classmates lining up to be the designated wheelchair pusher of the day, eventually crowning the cutest boy in class as their personal chauffeur, while “the rest of the unwashed masses” were constantly clamoring to be selected for service. 

Of course, their brief reign came to an end when their cast was removed, but they’ll never forget being royalty for those few fleeting weeks. 

Other Redditors have recalled the times they’ve witnessed a little bit of power go to someone’s head, including a girl who ran a pizza shop like the Navy for a full 45 minutes.

EasternField 5y ago I was in a robotics club in high school. We made sure to be safe and always follow proper protocol like keeping hair up and safety glasses on, etc. This one kid was appointed by the adult mentors to make sure everyone had their glasses on since occasionally people would step out for a break and forget to put em back on and sometimes the adults would be busy and not notice. Overtime this kid would get so strict and basically find an excuse to call out anyone. One time me and my friend stepped out of

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Awoodwork e 5y ago 0 We brought an entry level employee in to one of our admin meetings for some perspective. The next day he was telling the staff, including those above him, that he would be giving you all your evaluations soon his extrapolation and misunderstanding of information was truly impressive + 109 ...

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 9y ago I used to work at a grocery store. There was a cashier that was promoted to an office lead, and within five minutes started calling people up to his office to chew them out about bullshit non-issues. Then within 30 minutes started telling all the other cashiers that they were all scanning and bagging too slow. Then within an hour told all the baggers they needed to bag faster and make sure that the number of carts in the store (which they were responsible for taking back in) needed to never drop down under a ridiculous amount.

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 9y ago A graduate of a culinary school got a job at the nursing home I worked at. Attempted to be the next Gordon Ramsay, without the sexy accent, eventually got fired for verbally abusing the waitstaff and having tantrums in the kitchen, that were overheard by THE ELDERLY RESIDENTS WITH HEARING PROBLEMS! That's just sad. She thought she wouldn't get fired. HAH, I say. (I reported her, along with five residents). + 4K ...

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Hugh_Jampton 5y ago One guy at McDs when we were all 16/17 on the tills. Не was given an extra 20p per hour and after that even Hitler would have tipped his hat Не genuinely thought he was being fast tracked to franchise owner or something. Watched us all like hawks, snitched on us for anything he didn't like. Spotty little oik + 340 ...

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 5y ago I was in a Ren Fair group. One asshole was the assistant guildmaster--he handled the fees and membership paperwork, because the main guildmaster didn't want to. Не lorded that over other people. Be nice to him, or maybe your paperwork suddenly went missing, or dues payment didn't go through. Не was also severely overweight and ugly as sin, so when he hit on a girl and she shot him down, he suddenly made things uncomfortable for her--which caused a few women to leave. Also, weirdly enough, her paperwork got lost, or her dues didn't go through somehow.

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PostltFrustrations 5y ago One time I let my daughter choose what we were doing that day. She constantly reminded me, my boyfriend, and my son that she said we were going to the playground and dictated how and when we had fun there. I had to stop her when she tried to tell her brother it wasn't a good time to pee. But it was honestly funny. The next day was his turn and he chose to just watch Star Trek TNG, so everyone but my daughter had a great day that day. + 1.6K ...

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FarFromAfraid 7y ago My 5 year old won the kindergarten olympics. Не was a complete asshat for about a week. + 20K ...

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 7y ago I used to work front desk at a salon. There was a slightly more experienced position directly above mine, basically the only difference being that they could count the drawer and knew how to get into the safe. She once banned me from taking my purse with me to the bathroom with no reason backing it (when in reality I did that because I'm not a super huge fan of leaving my purse unattended, and, ya know, tampons.). Well, now I'm a stylist there and she kisses my ass. + 3.7K ...

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King_Nikolia e 7y ago o Guy in our JROTC program thought since he had a higher rank than everyone else he was essentially a hardened combat veteran. Yelled at people for talking in class, looking at their phones, stupid shit like that.

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expectojohto 7y ago I once worked part-time doing inventory - we would go to stores like the Bay, Wholefoods, and literally count everything on the shelves with our fancy dancy machines. This one man was given leadership of the home section. Now he wasn't actually given any management power, made the same amount as everyone else, all that. Just literally he was told ok you and these people are going to the home section, divvy it up however. Не went full power-trip mode. Micro-managing how I counted towels. Patrolling the aisles watching us all. Yelling unnecessarily. From that day on, he was

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withasmackofham 7y ago A girl I worked with was promoted to assistant manager at Little Caesars because she was the only one there that was 18. She went from an okay worker to not doing anything and making my time there a living hell. I eventually quit and was asked to come back after she was fired. 5 years later, I got a random Facebook message from her, apologizing for being such an asshole during that time. + 17K ...

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NoAstronomer 7y ago Software developer here. We had a guy appointed as the Change Manager in charge of enforcing controls and coding standards. Не was not a programmer. Не would regularly reject changes because he didn't like how variables were named. Like he would want custCount renamed to cstmrCnt. + 284 ...

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UncleJay74 7y ago Years ago, while working at a pizza place, our manager had to leave on a family emergency and left a girl in charge until one of the other shift runners could get there...and he lived about 45 minutes away. In that 45 minutes, this girl who was left in charge actually called one of her friends and hired her saying she was the manager now, wrote me up for putting too much cheese on a pizza, and actually told one of the drivers he was fired because she didn't like his attitude. When the shift runner got

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Slowjams 7y ago Used to work with a group of other interns in an office. For some reason I still don't understand, they decided to promote one of us over the others. Their job was basically just to schedule who was doing what and when. That's it. Only took two weeks before we found out she was keeping detailed notes on all of our mistakes and taking them to upper management. They promptly told her to calm the fuck down and decided to do away with position. She made a lot of enemies that day. She had ambitions of working

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 7y ago I lived in a village for a few months and one of the richer farmer's wives got the job of running the community centre. She put out a big placard with a picture of herself and titled herself CEO as well as on business cards, started wearing business suits and banning people she didn't like the look of. The building was the size of a small apartment and hosted a knitting and bible club for senior citizens. + 15K ...

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relljr 7y ago My 6th grade self got chosen for the prestigious roll of classroom clipboard holder. As soon as I was chosen I go to the front of the room with the teacher..pen and clipboard ready to mark down whoever speaks. With my eyes gazing left to right searching for a chatterbox I hear the smallest noise come from Emily in the back. I think fuck emily and announce to the class thats one! and write her name down. Even though the poor girl probably just had a cough. As soon as this happens Mr. Weiss takes the clipboard

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dingu-malingu 7y ago First Night I made one of our Bar-backs into a Bartender he started bossing around other Bar-backs. Not like asking for help, but like yelling orders at them. Dude really showed his colors, he didn't last. 7.9K ...

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 7y ago Many years ago I worked for a large tire store. My manager told me I was moving to slow and ordered me to go run laps around the store. I openly laughed at him and said not a chance. Не threw a fit. I got his boss involved. I did not run laps, but I did get a written apology. 542 ...

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 5y ago Mom had a house-cleaner that came every 2 weeks for about 3-4 hours each visit. The cleaner would rearrange Mom's things, including items in her curio cabinet, kitchen cabinets/counters, and other personal areas (like her jewelry box, figurines, and hygiene items in the bathroom). When Mom asked her to please stop doing that, the cleaning lady said: This is how I do things. If you don't like it, find someone else! + 939 ...

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gertgertgertgertgert 5y ago At my company of 80 people we have an HR assistant that is inexplicably in charge of the receptionist. She does nothing but make the receptionists life miserable, and has for the previous 4/4 receptionists. She'll reprimand them for: their clothes, posture, smiling too much, not enough, arrangement of workspace, cleanliness of workspace, keeping water at the desk, keeping food at the desk, using the bathroom too much, etc. It's like she saves all her anger in her whole life and takes it out on the only person who is obligated to listen to her. + 2.1K

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 5y ago e Edited 5y ago g I left a kid in charge of the classroom while I stepped outside for two minutes to consult with an administrator. I came back and he had a list of everyone who needed to be suspended.

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 5y ago Teacher here: We had a school librarian here who berated the children about the most minor infractions and even questioned kids about why they wanted a particular book. She would often yell, this is MY library. The kids called her Conan. + 4.5K ...

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 10y ago 0 My three year old yelled at my dog because she wouldn't sit on his command. Не ate her dog treat in front of her. + 1.2K ...

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 10y ago I made someone my assistant on a project because I liked them, the position meant nothing in itself but I figured I'd let them shadow me and learn a thing or two. Не started acting like he ran the place, asking people to do his work, telling people off. Everyone basically took the piss and told him to go away, it was absolutely hilarious. + 1.8K ...

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b0Omgoesthedynamit3 10y ago When I was 5 I broke my leg, so I had to go to school in a little purple wheelchair for several weeks. I became an instant celebrity and everybody wanted to be the one chosen to push me around in my wheelchair for the day. Quickly I realized that I could control the minds of my fellow 5-year-olds, simply by hinting that I might let them have the privilege of wheeling me to the water fountain. After a while I had the cutest boy in class as my personal chauffeur, and the rest of the unwashed

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chalmun74 5y ago I ran a movie theater. One guy was told to go and do a theater check, which was basically ensure the emergency exit was closed and that no one was doing anything unruly. Dude really got off on telling people to put their feet down. Не was studying to go into law enforcement. I was legit scared by how much he delighted in getting into people's faces because he felt he had real authority in this scenario. + 2.6K ...

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DeMcMuffin 10y ago Some kid I knew, was given a pitty position of leadership in school club. This position was made for him because no one had voted for him as president, and the teacher felt bad. Не then proceeded to take his title to demand changes, boss everyone around, and he then says he had more power than the Presidednt. Не became a total despot. Unfortunately the club disbanded becuase no one showed up to meetings in order to avoid him. + 624 ...

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