Comments on: Stupid Boss Tricks

By: Genius

Genius — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:12:02 +0000

I won’t work for a government until it’s headed by a legitimate monarch.

By: Firepower

Firepower — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:59:26 +0000

Genius, I’ve had all too similar experiences.

ALL levels of Government employment are a fascist shibboleth with RACE the open sesame.

No longer do we hire civil servants, we hire magi in order to heap reparations on them, so service disappears under the entitlement mentality.

Not just for letter carriers, but Department chiefs.

By: Genius

Genius — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:09:57 +0000

@Firepower, when I lived in America, I applied for a USPS job. They had me come and take a multiple choice test with a handful of other candidates. It was probably the easiest test I’ve ever taken, since there were only 20 questions that were repeated in groups. In the process, they kept asking us about 100 times if any of us was a “Native American or Pacific Islander.” I kept raising my hand to say that I was a “Semitic American.” Needless to say, I did not get the job.

By: Firepower

Firepower — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:05:18 +0000

To ameliorate work related stress, choose a career in an environment where you can display your displeasure with creativity – and proven results: Try the Postal Service.

By: Xamuel

Xamuel — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:49:53 +0000

Ahh, I mis-parsed the title.. I read it as “(stupid boss) trick” but you meant “stupid (boss trick)”.

By: Genius

Genius — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:37:43 +0000

Yes, this boss trick is stupid because its effect is to discourage me from taking the initiative to skip or delay lunch with my friends in order to get work done better and faster.

The Hebrew term rosh gadol describes someone who takes the initiative. I have to learn not to be that guy.

By: Xamuel

Xamuel — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:37:45 +0000

Wait, he just asked when you thought you could have it ready? It seems you’re the one who volunteered to have it done in an hour… If I’d been in your shoes, I’d've said something more realistic. “Oh, hey. That one? Well, I’m eating lunch with some friends so I might not have it done til later this afternoon.”