"the devil wears prada" inspired me to ask this...?

Question

what's the worst thing your boss said or did or made you do? (um...if its gross or scary just skip it. please) or funniest thing. or best thing. actually any fun or funny or awful work memories would be nice. thanks

Answer 1

can't say... but never, I mean, NEVER, trust your boss- they're all for the company and never the employee

Answer 2

Good god the list is a bit long. I will point out one though. At the time I was working two jobs, one of which was a six day a week, while her's was only five, and didn't drive. She asked me to take some photos in to Costco, and have them developed. They were in her name. Due to my schedual, and the whole not driving thing, I was unable to pick them up in time. Of course they were under her name, and that would have been fun. nOn top of that, the company had recently moved ALL there sent back photos to a new wearhouse, and left only a few people to prosses thousands of unclaimed photos. That was completely out of my control, and during the whole thing, it was as if I'd planned it, and god if I didn't find them it was more (somehow more) then just my job. I know I should have found a way to pick them up, but why depend on someone who works six days a week and has no way of getting somewhere. I'm sorry, but while SOME of it may have been my fault, quite a lot of it was hers.

Wish i'd quitted then, and not stuck it out for another year.

Answer 3

lets start with I have a full sleeve (tattoo from shoulder to rist.)and a large peice on my chest. I had to wear a long sleeve shirt everyday to work thats understandable I know that comes with the teratorie. but one time we went on a manaagers pow wow thing I was told to dress casual for the bus trip. I ask business casual or what he said no just be cufortable its just a bus trip dont worry about it. so i show up with a 3/4 sleeve shirt thats got a v neck. HE MADE ME WEAR A SCARF AND A COAT THE WHOLE BUS TRIP! THEN MADE ME CHANGE INTO THE CLOTHS I HAD BROUGHT FOR THE BIG MEETING. I had to go buy more cloths.

Answer 4

When I was in high school, I was working for a fast food restarant, saving money for my own car. I had managed to save up $5000, and found the car that I wanted. The day I signed the papers came, and for the first time (and only) I asked if I could go home early (just 45 minutes!!). When the manager asked why, I told her that I needed to go with my parents to sign the papers. She then proceeded to say (and allow me to quote): You're parents aren't going to live forever.

I thought this was extremely rude. She had told me that about a year before my mother passed away from cancer!!

Answer 5

When I first started working in the x-ray department 25 years ago, doctors were, lets just say, a little full of themselves. A lot has changed since then, here's my story:

I was setting up a tray for a procedure, when the physician walked in he noticed that I had set out something he didn't need, he threw it at me, it missed and hit the door jam.

I walked out the door, out the hospital and started walking back to my apartment. One of the other physicians heard what happened went to his car and started driving to find me. He did. He begged me to come back. I did. I got in the car and went back to work.

It is the one, and only time, I have ever ridden in a Bugatti.

Answer 6

Wal-mart once attempted to make me go retrieve shopping carts in the middle of a torrential downpour. That wasn't even my job. The guy whos job it was refused to do it so my boss asked me. "you're kidding?" I told him I was prepared to lose my job over it. No fugging way I was going out there. He ended up doing it himself and firing the other guy. Until this day I wonder if I had done it , would the other guy still have been fired.

Answer 7

I had to miss a few days of work for a very personal reason and my boss went and told the customers about it. She completly violated my right to privacy. She wasn't employed there long after that.

Answer 8

well I had one boss who gave me many random things to do in quick succession. Different unrelated weird senseless, things. I did my best, one thing at a time for 5 or six hours. She was trying to make a bit crazy maybe. I just ask calmly at one point if she could define my job resposibilities there. She said she couldn't and exploded at me. I reported her calmly to her boss.

Answer 9

I had to de-louse (pick lice out of) some children's hair. It was my 2nd week at a shelter where I was working. I was happy to help the little ones, but I didn't see her in there for 5 hours with a fine tooth comb.

Answer 10

i dont have a boss cuz i dont have a job yet..but "the devil wears prada" was a funny and cute movie. loved it!

Answer 11

I was told that my breasts were to large *they are natural DD* and now the only shirts I am allowed to wear to work are mens large shirts as to play down my womanly curves.