Entries Tagged as 'crazy boss'

more like hardly working

January 9th, 2008 · 130 Comments

mara in minneapolis ( average temperature in january: 12° F/-11° C) says the worst job she’s ever had was at a local thrift store – and not because of the crazy customers and their indiscreet use of the fitting rooms. no, like many workers, the crazy person driving mara crazy was her boss — [...]

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Tags: "helpful" advice · crazy boss · minneapolis · now that's management · retail hell · temperature

excuse me, I believe you have my stapler

September 19th, 2007 · 266 Comments

attention: corporate emergency in the chicagoland area!

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Tags: a little uptight · and that's an order · chicago · crazy boss · excessive underlining · not-so-veiled threats · office · office supplies · seattle · spelling and grammar police

now that’s effective management

September 10th, 2007 · 110 Comments

craig from nottingham, england snapped these at the pub where his cousin works. (apologies for the blurriness — just pretend you’ve already knocked back a few pints.)

by the way, if you’d like to go meet stephen and shake his hand, craig says the name of the pub is the flowing spring, in henley. stephen seems [...]

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Tags: CAPS LOCK · bar · cleaning · crazy boss · excessive underlining · not-so-veiled threats · nottingham · office · u.k.

my sadistic dungeon-master won’t let me call in sick

June 8th, 2007 · 18 Comments

explains desi in new york: “i work in a dungeon, (a “we- do-S&M-here” place) and not only is our boss passive-aggressive (really, he is, in a more strict interpretation of the term) he also doesn’t speak english all that well.”now that’s a formula for comic gold. here’s the latest offering, though desi promises many more [...]

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Tags: crazy boss · illness · new york