T.V. Is My Drug Of Choice
And the Winner Is…
T.V. Is My Drug Of Choice, hosted by “Sheila.”
Sheila came up with the best idiotic boss story. There were several that were so close, but in the end, my wife (The Write Way Home) and I laughed out loud at breakfast when we read Sheila’s boss story. Not only is it a classic boss story, it is perfectly written. Congrats, Sheila!
Check out her site:
It will be featured for a full week on the Blogging Boss! This is not a part of the “Rent A Blog” movement over on BlogExplosion. She won the first ever Blogging Boss contest!
Here is her idiotic boss story:
Sheila writes,
We got an email from another manager reminding every department to send a representative to the an employee opinion group meeting. No one in my department had ever attended these meetings before, so I thought I’d ask why we didn’t send a representative. The email I got back from my boss explained that “those meetings are for employees only.” Hmmm… I guess the paychecks they’ve been sending me for the last 5 years have been a fluke.
Great one, Sheila!
Eric Boehme, The Blogging Boss
Comment by stillwinds
I once had a boss who openly told us that his strategy of getting us to work together was to pit one against the other! He said he would reveal bits of information so no one would know the full picture, and in the process of fighting for information, we would become a better team!! He genuinely believed this. It would be funny, if it wasn’t for the fact that our jobs were on the line for the project. In any case, there’s a terrific article on bosses called “Why your boss is programmed to be a dictator” at http://www.changethis.com - it provides amazing insights into why bosses behave the way they do, and why current organizations are so boss-sickeningly similar.
Comment by Doris
DO you ever wonder how some bosses get to be boss???
Not you of coarse Eric LOL
Comment by Sheila
Thanks so much! I’m…what? Not exactly proud of my dubious honor, but certainly appreciative of the opportunity to get something nice out of my pain and suffering. It’s the American way! :o)
I still have that email she sent me, too. It will be in my inbox until the day I quit.