I just love these. I'm so glad I don't have a boss anymore ---------------------------------------------- 10. One day my Boss asked me to submit a status report to him concerning a project I was working on. I asked him if tomorrow would be soon enough. He said, "If I wanted it tomorrow, I would have waited until tomorrow to ask for it!" (Hallmark Cards executive). 9. "We know that communication is a problem, but the company is not going to discuss it with the employees." (Switching supervisor, AT&T Long Lines Division) 8. My sister passed away and her funeral was scheduled for Monday. When I told my Boss, he said she died on purpose so that I would have to miss work on the busiest day of the year. He then asked if we could change her burial to Friday. He said, "That would be better for me." (Shipping executive, FTD Florists) 7. Quote from the Boss: "Teamwork is a lot of people doing what I say." (Marketing executive, Citrix Corporation) 6. No one will believe you solved this problem in one day! We've been working on it for months. Now, go act busy for a few weeks and I'll let you know when it's time to tell them." (R&D supervisor, Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing/3M Corp.) 5. "Doing it right is no excuse for not meeting the schedule." (Plant Manager, Delco Corporation) 4. "This project is so important, we can't let things that are more important interfere with it." (Advertising/Marketing manager, United Parcel Service) 3. "E-mail is not to be used to pass on information or data. It should be used only for company business." (Accounting Manager, Electric Boat Company) 2. "What I need is an exact list of specific unknown problems we might encounter!" (Lykes Lines Shipping) 1. "As of tomorrow, employees will only be able to access the building using individual security cards. Pictures will be taken next Wednesday and employees will receive their cards in two weeks." (This was the winning quote from Fred Dales at Microsoft Corp. in Redmond,WA.)
My "boss" at cadets always used to say, in what sounded like a S.African accent, (even though he was French/English).. "Cmon boy, use your loaf" usually shortly after would come the words "Don't think it's dangerous!" He once misplaced some keys and went mad, he made us look for them swearing that one of us must have picked them up, this went on for 30minutes and we were about to miss transport to our 2 week camp. I dared to suggest maybe they were in his pockets or somewhere he had overlooked, i was quickly told not to be soo silly and carry on looking. Shortly after he appeared again with a set of keys and said right i've found them, lets go (no apology) it turned out they were in his pocket!
I agree 100% with you Murray, those people make my skin crawl. Grrrrrr :x @ people who can't accept that they were wrong! Thanks for the laugh though
