What's this all about you might ask? Such an interesting heading....hmmm.....well..it is kinda kewl if you asked me...and you are asking me if you're reading my blog! IT'S ALL ABOUT NIGHTMARE BOSSES!! Be warned - if you read this and feel embarrassed/upset (lightbulb moment) then maybe there's some truth in it and it's probably time for you to re-evaluate - do you really want to kick me or give yourself a good kicking?
Well...to just clarify these nightmare bosses do not occur in your dreams whilst you sleep at night...well not always...for most (*wink* *wink* at my boss). These creatures called bosses are not all bad...well not always...but on most days and for some - at nights; and for others - always...i.e. me
These creatures are only cruel and unusual when they put their boss personalities on...well true for some of these boss. I have seen these cruel creatures unable to take off the boss personalities...It's fatal! This is how it all begins.....
One day...you are walking down the employee street... going about your business, doing your requisite work and pushing for new initiatives like any good employee would do. Your colleagues (whom you get along swell with) walk along side you in the quest to move up the corporate ladder....then one day...BAM!! you get promoted. And you become boss... (BTW Boss diseases can hit you in other scenarios ...i.e. you start you own business etc)
Bit by bit the Boss disease will take over the nice employee that everyone used to like... and you become this horrible creature that everyone lurves to hate that it until you take off your boss personality (if that is ever possible?). Boss disease syndromes are fairly obvious:
1) they think everyone is their slave
2) they think they are brighter and smarter than anyone
3) they think they have the best ideas in the house and anyone who tries to get any other ideas in should be shot
4) they cannot even make their own calls i.e. they need someone to dial the phone number for them
5) they don't really like making decisions and usually subtly "encourage" others to decide
6) Any decision that is fatal is a subordinate made decision
7) any decision that is successful is a Boss made decision (and they call this team work)
8) they like to "steal" ideas and pass it off as a modification of your original idea so essentially it becomes theirs
9) they shout at you and then turn their heels and walk away
10) they don't listen they just grunt (like some animals i know!)
Once you are infected...it's a long way to recover..some never do!!
i had this female boss once (and the legends are true about bitch female bosses) and she was the ultimate bitch boss anyone could have had...it didn't help that she was overweight and constantly on some fab diet that make her grumpy coz she was hungry. It was made worse by the fact that she was single and her boyfriend of eons would not pop the "WYMM" question. Further escalating the situation was that she worked for a beauty spa thingy where you could see all the ultra sexy clients coming in for various treatments. I probably made it bad for myself by eating cha kuey teoh every day for lunch with her and her salad in tow...I would never know what kind of a mood i would find her in in the mornings (btw. she was not a morning person and neither was I - which was what probably got her goat about me as well). I would usually just assume the following about my bitch boss if she was found in a foul mood in the morning:
1) Hungry
2) No Sex last night
3) Another failed marriage proposal to the old git she calls her guy - whom we all tot was gay anyway
4) Deadlines
She used to scream abuse and accusations in my face and would stalk off the minute she was done. that caused me a lot of frustration as i could never answer to any of her accusations or justify my decisions or anything. It was a lack of respect that really infuriated me and i was sure that she knew the effects of her being completely ball-less when confronting an employee/colleague in this manner.
I used to dread going to work and would purposefully be late coming in. Well actually it was not purposefully. It was really not on purpose that i really like sleeping in and that the bitch boss actually made it easier for me to not be pressured into coming in on time...eventually I left...
I got through employment with really nice bosses (see not all of them are bad - just them Damn Little Napoleans!!) Then i got to the really nice boss and that was a nightmare in itself...He was so nice, much nicer than the doormats that Ikea sells...and he's unique - he's a harvard doormat. though he wasn't bad - he was damn strange! He had really weird habits and it freaked me and all my fellow colleagues out. Usually you get the staff divided into two camps or more...this was a united front. Now who said all nightmares had to be scary...some are just plain weird. Like this one.
My current bosses (I have two) are the epitome of Yin and Yang. If you would like to find out more about what i mean then just meetup with me and i'll let you buy me a tea or three and i can yak till pigs can fly and it would be highly therapeutic for my soul...any takers? Didn't think so...guess you all have your own bosses to deal with in Nightmare street huh...
