Originally Posted by
nmh1204
he wasn't being officious, the employee was in the wrong.
Don't want to get into a semantic discussion but officious is commonly understood as given to thrusting oneself into the affairs of others or being prone to annoying and usually prying interference in others' affairs.
The guy got up and moved without a word and he proposed diming him out for having the temerity of sitting down.
That's officious, putting it nicely.