Someone just sent me these rules for the workplace...

dnuggett

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Rules For Your Boss To Follow:



1. Never give me work in the morning. Always wait until 4:00 and then bring
it to me. The challenge of a deadline is refreshing.

2. If it's really a rush job, run in and interrupt me every 10 minutes to
inquire how it's going. That helps. Or even better, hover behind me,
advising me at every keystroke.

3. Always leave without telling anyone where you're going. It gives me a
chance to be creative when someone asks where you are.

4. If my arms are full of papers, boxes, books, or supplies, don't open the
door for me. I need to learn how to function as a paraplegic and opening
doors with no arms is good training in case I should ever be injured and
lose all use of my limbs.

5. If you give me more than one job to do, don't tell me which is priority.
I am psychic.

6. Do your best to keep me late. I adore this office and really have nowhere
to go or anything to do. I have no life beyond work.

7. If a job I do pleases you, keep it a secret. If that gets out, it could
mean a promotion.

8. If you don't like my work, tell everyone. I like my name to be popular in
conversations. I was born to be whipped.

9. If you have special instructions for a job, don't write them down. In
fact, save them until the job is almost done. No use confusing me with
useful information.

10. Never introduce me to the people you're with. I have no right to know
anything. In the corporate food chain, I am plankton. When you refer to them
later, my shrewd deductions will identify them.

11. Be nice to me only when the job I'm doing for you could really change
your life and send you straight to managers' hell.

12. Tell me all your little problems. No one else has any and it's nice to
know someone is less fortunate. I especially like the story about having to
pay so much taxes on the bonus check you received for being such a good
manager.

13. Wait until my yearly review and THEN tell me what my goals SHOULD have
been. Give me a mediocre performance rating with a cost of living increase.
I'm not here for the money anyway.
 

Jeff7

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I just advise anyone to watch Office Space - the soundtrack really sucks - but the movie is quite good. Managers everywhere, making "good" decisions that screw over the working people just to funnel more money into the managers' pockets.
 

trmiv

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Originally posted by: Jeff7
I just advise anyone to watch Office Space - the soundtrack really sucks - but the movie is quite good. Managers everywhere, making "good" decisions that screw over the working people just to funnel more money into the managers' pockets.

Office Space you say? Never heard of it.

;)
 

rgwalt

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Originally posted by: trmiv
1 and 2 are my life at work. I hate my job.

There is a support group for that... Its called "Everyone" and they meet at the bar.

R

 

yobarman

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Originally posted by: trmiv
Originally posted by: Jeff7
I just advise anyone to watch Office Space - the soundtrack really sucks - but the movie is quite good. Managers everywhere, making "good" decisions that screw over the working people just to funnel more money into the managers' pockets.

Office Space you say? Never heard of it.

;)

What! GREATEST SOUNDTRACK EVER!
 

xSauronx

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id send this to my boss
but he has problems checking email
and hes my dad, so it would end up being a very uncomfortable discussion with me trying to explain how i found it humorous and him being a mix of father/boss that is bad enough as it is

id quit my job if he were at the workplace on a regular basis...
 

Jeff7

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Jan 4, 2001
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Originally posted by: yobarman
Originally posted by: trmiv
Originally posted by: Jeff7
I just advise anyone to watch Office Space - the soundtrack really sucks - but the movie is quite good. Managers everywhere, making "good" decisions that screw over the working people just to funnel more money into the managers' pockets.

Office Space you say? Never heard of it.

;)

What! GREATEST SOUNDTRACK EVER!

Not for someone who likes Enya, Michelle Branch, Weird Al...:)
@Walmart:
1. No work in the morning? I start at 12 midnight. Everything is in the morning.
2. Depends on the manager.
3. Definitely this one - managers can be tough to find when they're hiding.
4. The doors just push open. If you don't push it open for me, the pallet I'm pulling will smash right through anyway.
5. All jobs are top priority!!!
6. Life beyond work? When did this happen????
7. Less money for workers, more for management = good, right?
8. Flog me again, sir!
9. Special job instructions - if not done to secret/special specifications, do over.
10. Who pays attention to managers anyway.
11. Be nice to workers for important jobs? We just get their stress translated down in the form of more...."motivation."
12. Managers don't usually talk about personal stuff to their underlings.
13. Just about everyone gets average performance evals, and accompanying average raises. Hmm...average pay. I guess they can get what they pay for.