A colleague at work tells you to "Stand down"

[Rhapscallion Démone]

Backstory- so two of my colleagues at work are having a dispute on the phone over hours. Colleague B wants Colleague A to fix their clock in and out time because apparently it was wrong and Colleague B emailed receipts. Colleague A acknowledges the receipts but does not appreciates Bs tone of voice and tells them to "stand down". That shyt had me like . Colleague B does the opposite and ended up being hung up on. Is telling another Adult/Peer/Colleague to stand down disrespectful?

 

[MischievousMonkey]

Stand down means to resign right? That's a pretty weird thing to say

 

[Rhapscallion Démone]

Stand down means to resign right? That's a pretty weird thing to say

I think A meant it like fall back because they definitely dont have the authority to fire anyone.

 

[Lord_nikon]

is Colleague B HR, team lead or supervisor sounds like some nosy CAC dispute

 

[Turbulent]

depends what tone Colleague B was using. not familiar with the actual expression "Stand down" and what connotation it has but generally, i agree with checking someone on their tone if it's disrespectful.

 

[MischievousMonkey]

I think A meant it like fall back because they definitely dont have the authority to fire anyone.

In this case I don't think it's overboard if B's tone was disrespectful in the first place. You can't let anybody talk to you how they want.

 

[Rhapscallion Démone]

is Colleague B HR, team lead or supervisor sounds like some nosy CAC dispute

Colleague A is a manager and Colleague B works under A. With that being said I feel like A still has no right to tell someone to stand down

 

[Diondon]

Sounds like cacs

 

[Rhapscallion Démone]

Sounds like cacs

They are lol.

 

[seabreeze80]

I've only heard stand down used by those in the military. What type of manager is colleague A? This type of situation should be escalated to HR.

 

[Auger]

It's just another word for "chill/relax"

If you were already passionate about whatever it could taken as "u mad?"

 

[Lady.Libra.]

Colleague A is a manager and Colleague B works under A. With that being said I feel like A still has no right to tell someone to stand down

That's manager speak for "Respect my authority..."

 

[Rhapscallion Démone]

I've only heard stand down used by those in the military. What type of manager is colleague A? This type of situation should be escalated to HR.

They are an Office manager/timekeeper. Bs paycheck came up short because A made a mistake when calling in Bs time. So me listening in, I'm like how is A gonna tell B to stand down when they were wrong to begin with.

 

[GreenGhxst]

Stand down when you're taking food out of my mouth?

Colleague A deserves a serious beating

So I gotta stand down because you're a fukk up

The nerve...

 

[Rhapscallion Démone]

Stand down when you're taking food out of my mouth?

Colleague A deserves a serious beating

So I gotta stand down because you're a fukk up

That's what I'm saying! The audacity lmao