How do you deal with a control freak at work?

When I was a greeter at Walmart there was one cashier who would accuse me of discriminating on people if I asked to see a receipt for large items not in bags or whatever. Didn’t matter if I asked to check15 white people receipts but one single person from the Middle East and he would imply that I was a bigot, and he would turn on his heel and go back to his cash register. And sometimes the reason for me doing so was because I was asked by another person in other depts. to check because of suspicious activities in their area. I got to the point of not even trying to explain to him because he didn’t want to hear why, and he came to the break room one day at lunch with red eyes crying and told someone “a tiger mauled him”. I think he hated older women because they were the ones that caught him making errors in ringing up things. He took his resentment out on me because I was a handy target. About 3 weeks after his little crying spell he came to me to brag that he got a better job in another city. I didn’t congratulate him or say I’d miss him, that would have been an outright lie, so I said nothing not even goodbye.

I had a weird coworker like that.
When a new associate who I was helping would ask ME a question, she would jump in and answer. Sometimes she would be across the room. That irritated me so bad.
I told her " do you want to answer his questions from here on out? He asked me so let me answer. If I can't figure it out I'll ask you since you're the expert".
Her: oh I wasn't trying to be rude or anything. Didn't talk to me for the rest of the day and was really short with me from there on out lol.. big baby , lame ass

Tell them, "Thanks I'll take that into consideration." Then I overthink on it to decide if I do it their way or my way.

Stop working when you're being policed to find fault. just face the one policing .. and ask YES!

And to avoid being not allowed to speak, take time to think and rest their mind .. never reply when their mind is hot .. instead offer a glass of water or just act blur and make them rephrase the question as many times ..

I usually say I will think and reply by email ..

Remind that person I am the team leader, and you do it MY WAY as you are only a trainee. I advise her that yes I am in the same room as you all the time, I will read your file notes and give you feed back and correcting your errors, how you talk to people on the telephone and how to show respect to other staff and volunteers

Is your co-worker your manager?
If not, they have no business poking their nose in your business. Tell them directly you got it unless they want to do your job too.

Avoid them like the plague. 😝

Right now I am quietly seething. Soon I will likely tell them to do it themselves.

I would have fun with it, but ignore what they tell me (unless it's helpful of course). like if they say do it this way, go back and ask if you are doing right, like 100 times.. things like that. nothing hurtful of course, just fun hidden pokes.

Ignore them.

{@decafd] if there is nothing wrong with your method of doing a job just try not to rise to it and blow your top .do not try to fix what is not broken is what i say

When they notice I'm the fuckup freak they try and get me canned and I usually think its ok

Ignore them. I literally ignore them. It works.

Oh he would have to shut up!!

When in doubt. Give 'em a clout

I like adding to chaos

You ignore them and if they boss you around you say "Yeah sure thing" and then don't do it or "Yeah I'll get right to it" and then just don't do it. Their fucking heads will explode.