2006-07-01 14:40:39 · 4 answers · asked by bllwnkle 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
My former (Thank God!) boss was obsessed about his female employees wearing pantyhose. As the County prosecutor, he was responsible for the prosecution of felony crimes...you know, murder, rape, big stuff. And how did he spend his time? Sending his assistant out to walk the cubicles and make sure all the females had on pantyhose. A good friend of mine stopped wearing them during the summer. Knowing our boss, she got a preemptive note from her doctor saying she had an allergy to pantyhose. Sure enough, within a few weeks she was called into a meeting with her supervisor and the head of human resources. The HR lady asked her why she wasn't wearing hose, and my friend produced a copy of her doctor's note. Our boss wanted the original - not going to happen - and actually called her doctor himself, to verify the note. The following week, my friend was stopped by the head of the the Civil division (a very funny, older attorney) who exclaimed "We had a 2 hour meeting about your underwear!" Turns out our boss made his entire civil division research what he could legally do to force my friend to wear pantyhose. Yep, tax dollars at work. Another time he went on a 3 day rampage because the printers were sealing envelopes and we had to tape them shut. He would scream at people routinely, having huge tantrums at the drop of a hat. Oh, and his birthday was a major event. EVERYONE (we had over 200 employees) was expected to produce a card and gather to sing to him. Gifts scored you extra points. He even fired one prosecutor because he had a blog. What a great guy!
2006-07-01 15:10:49 · answer #1 · answered by yellowbugchickoh 3 · 7⤊ 0⤋
Sure. Think of the most horrible boss you ever had--the one I'm going to tell you about is 1,000 times worse. This clod used to put me down for having an education. Oh, his education was a little time at a community college. He couldn't' communicate. Yelled. He'd run to the bathroom and the building shook because he was close to 6 foot 8 and 400 pounds. It was in a newsroom and he used to stand in the middle, massage his massive Buddha belly that looked like he was going to deliver twins at any minute and say it was his newspaper and what he said went. He lied. Was sneaky. had the writing talents of a squirrel, and thought he was the cat's meow.
Psycho boss #2 story--Wow, my first two editors out of school were both bastards! The last one never spoke, only cared about sports, and swore at customers a lot. He got suspended for two weeks with pay for swearing at someone once. He had the personality of cardboard and never knew what he wanted. Oh, he also had brown teeth. Glad he's gone.
2006-07-01 21:51:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was in college, I worked part time for a law firm during my last semester. One of the lawyers had a nervous habit of scratching his balls. Anyplace, anytime, regardless of who was around.
2006-07-01 23:35:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
One time, a boss fired me for saying these exact words,
"I feel sorry for Vietnamese children who didn't get to say goodbye to their parents, because the US soldiers killed them."
2006-07-01 21:45:12 · answer #4 · answered by Paul M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋