purchasing people how to play
hardball. That’s the way you make
it in this world.” He turned to the ven-
dor’s sales rep and said, “We want a
20 percent discount; take it or leave it.”
The delighted rep immediately
agreed. As my boss left, he said to
us, “I hope you learned something
from that.” —inc.comWhen corporate came to visit, the
CEO complimented me by saying,“You aren’t as dumb as HR
made you out to be.”
—pleasefireme.tumblr.comMy boss heard there was an
opening for a plant manager
in our South American
facility. To better prepare
himself, he decided to at-
tend Spanish classes on the
company’s time and at its
expense. The only problem?
The plant is in Brazil, where
they speak Portuguese.
—cbsnews.comMy boss used to tell me and
another coworker he hadn’t
showered in days and
wanted us to make sure cli-
ents didn’t get close to him
at events. —cosmopolitan.comI work for a family-owned
check-cashing company.
One day, I was robbed
at gunpoint. The next
day, the owners deducted the stolen
cash from my paycheck. They said
I had willingly complied with the
robber’s wishes. —cbsnews.comMy boss ate all the breading off
of three pieces of leftover fried
chicken I’d brought to work for
lunch, and then he put the naked
chicken back into the break-room
fridge like nothing happened.
— @RyanLostinTX102 march 2019
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