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My boss is a part-time psychopath. Today, he's in 'ANGRY ROBOT' mode. That really sucks extra hard because, after all the lay-offs, there's only two of us in this department. And I end up doing a lot of the actual work. I am untrained in the management of psychopaths and anger-prone robots.



He's not really a people-person. He gets frustrated trying to explain things; and he becomes impatient and angry. It's a little spooky. I'm talking pounding-fists-on-the-table angry. Kinda like a big baby. A baby that can fire you.



I understand the tasks he wants completed, but there's NO WAY in hell the work is getting done today. Not with all these VR journals to read and database entries to rate over at Sci-Fi section. (I kid, I kid..)



There's only so many things I can do in a day, and I'm a little tired of working through my lunch-breaks. It's nice outside, and I'd like to go out and enjoy it before we're back to our typical 90-degree heat and 40% humidity. This will happen real soon in Georgia.



I told him I'll get these things done next week. The client's deadline is mid-May, so there's no rush. So he's stomping around glaring at everyone like an angry robot.



Have I mentioned that I'm doing the work of 3 people? No? Feh. No big deal. I like working 11 hours a day. It makes me feel important.



He just handed me the specs for Q3 and Q4 that he's been working on all week; and there are typos. And math errors. Eek.



Seriously, folks... Excel is your friend, but it doesn't catch careless errors.



With the mood he's in, I'm afraid to tell him.

He already sent them to the client to review, and I doubt they'll catch the mistakes. I only notice because I'm OCD like that.



When the angry robot goes out to lunch, I'm gonna mess with his office chair -- maybe he'll flip over backwards. Hundreds of people each year are injured by faulty office chairs. *



* I just made that up, but I'm SURE it's true. Probably.

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FallenPixie
18:08 Apr 30 2009

onlytuesday.com dude, seriously...that's what kept my shred of sanity from office 'politics'. You could always go hang by the water cooler *evil grin* then when he comes rearing his ugly robot head, splash him! Hehehe, I'm sure he could do with some short-circuiting....

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Sinora
18:37 Apr 30 2009

Wear an anxious face ( practice first ) then tell your boss about the errors, tell him you know how it is to be so busy that these errors get missed.



Then go to the mensroom and laugh your ass off.

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Theban
09:18 May 05 2009

...Make sure the faulty chair is near an open window and away he goes...thud!

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AudreyMathildaTruin
23:55 May 05 2009

Slap an Obama sticker on his car and give him a bag of popcorn flavored jelly beans.

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ThothLestat
01:52 May 06 2009

that would LITERALLY drive him insane.

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S0RVENA
16:52 May 12 2009

Ya know, they say if a child is throwing a tantrum, that you should too in front of them. It counteracts. If he's a psycho...mmm might be worth a shot. LOL

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Leinth
15:23 May 14 2009

Thoth lets face it............you spent the entire day reading journal entries and spying on us all. x

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ThothLestat
16:45 May 14 2009

maybe.

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dabbler
20:15 May 28 2009

All the vocation classes I took, and all the community collage classes seem to leave out the " So What if my Boss is a Psycopath?"

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Lunalessca
22:57 Nov 03 2009

Ha so did you mess with his chair. I would of paid to see that. I wonder if he can be taught people skills now. Or maybe its to late for him.

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