What can we learn from the boss? Manipulative attitude

[marcusantonio]

Hey guys, so the boss learned that one of the employees was stealing cash from the store register. After that, he usually returned from his errands, went into the office, and while he was at the printer in the room where this person we call the "thief" was also present, rather than confront him directly and say, "Come talk to me, I have something to tell you," or at least resolve the matter, he started telling an anecdote:

(He manages offices in multiple locations and has multiple registers in multiple locations)

"I was at the Manchester office, and at a certain point I had to leave €400 in cash on Claudio desk, informing him I had to leave for emergency. I told him I'd be right back. When I'd finished the urgent call, I came back and the €400 was gone, so I got furious and said, 'Claudio, we've been colleagues since we're kids, you can't possibly know what happened to the money I left you."

He says He lost it or that it probably flew away in the wind.


Another anecdote is that they discovered a colleague who was breaking into the department at night to steal things.

He was treated the same way, every now and then when he sees him he says, "So? Did you sleep well last night? No, because I don't know what you do at night. You have amazing ideas and you could build a prototype of a spaceship any day now."

Now, I repeat, he said this, instead of telling that person directly that he had done something wrong.

In this case, what is this technique called?

I've noticed that my boss, instead of speaking directly to people, makes up stories about what he wanted to tell them directly, but instead tells them through stories. I don't understand why. A respectable man can't do this. From my point of view, it's pure manipulation.