I went up to him to ask a question about my paycheck. I asked him, "Unless I'm reading incorrectly, I believe I'm missing a dollar from my paycheck. Can you show me where I can find it?" He shows me and I thank him. He then tells me, "You have no faith in me." I smile and tell him, "Of course I do," he then repeats himself and disagrees, which I laughed and said, "oh, yeah, true," he then said, "You see?" So at this point I'm unsure if he was joking around and I get back to, "of course, I do." I left after that because I had to get back to work and I wasn't going to argue with the human resource manager. How was I disrespectful? I simply asked him about my paycheck because I like to make sure I understand where my money was going and I didn't see the extra dollar I was getting.
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You did nothing wrong. It was the HR manager that was off base. If he was thinking straight he would have "thanks for keeping us honest!" And left it at that. He's obviously insecure. His job is to help employees, not make them feel foolish for asking a valid question.
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Sounds like you handled it OK, and he was just joking with you.
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Be completely honest. It sounds very much as if this man has been questioned several times, either by staff or by management. The response shows a high level of insecurity. I realise that you tried to make light of the situation, ordinarily a good attempt at diffusing the situation. Somehow the HR manager took your approach as a personal attack. You meet people like this every day. Some people are so over-stressed / highly-strung in their work, that they can't spot even the most obvious joke. SO DON'T MAKE ANY JOKES WHEN THESE PEOPLE ARE AROUND. They have a fairly scarce sense of humour. If this person confronts you in future, tell them that you have every confidence in his accuracy and fairness, but you have a right to check on anything you don't understand.
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