TAN #176: SkeleTANs in our closets ... (Page 11)

Mine do and I don't have any examples of good bosses.  

I am a great boss, let go ask my guys to tell me a story about how great I am...

There are good ones out there. Some years ago I worked for a guy that simply said here's what need and by when - then left us to it. I got to run my team my way so long as we delivered. I remember one instance where we screwed up royally and he defended us like crazy in front of the Board - then when we got back together behind closed doors he let us have it (and rightly so.)

Oh, the opportunities.  Let's not do anything the easy way.

You haven't done your taxes for the last two years?  Who are you, Wesley Snipes?

Yes the hard way does have it's rewards!

My boss is ok, one of the best I have ever had. Gave me paid time off for my divorce when I had to go into court. Attempts to hang with us and be funny.. Attempts. But the best thing he does is he only hires people that will mesh with our group meaning have a sense of humor that sides on sophomoric so I have a nice work environment.  He does have very long meetings where he likes to talk about himself or show pictures of him in the 70’s and 80’s but I will give him that for liking to come to work.

I'll take 8 the hard way! 

My former boss was an avid cyclist and all we did is talk about biking and go on long rides on the weekends.

God, it sounds like a bromance.

I had a boss like your great boss. But he got promoted so is now my bosses boss. I miss those days so much.

Won my hubby a bunch of money one night at craps that way.  I just kept banging back the hard ways and he just kept letting them ride.

I also think I am a good, fair, consistant boss, who really wants the best for my employees whether it is here or somewhere else. 

BUT I also thought a lot of my guy friends would never sleep with me if I came onto them or ask them to, BOY I was wrong on that one.  They all said sure when I asked.

One of the BIGGEST things in life I had to learn, is that people do things different ways, and if it works in the end?  Let them do it their way.

It's that way with engineering, and in marriage.

I STILL cringe when she stacks the dishwasher all disorganized and I swear they won't get as clean, BUT, I have rarely seen a dirty dish come out.  And if it does?  Just rerun it.  Running the washer twice is easier than lecturing/arguing on how to stack a dishwasher, I have found.

I spent some time growing up on a craps table, and boy any kind of gambling gets my heart rate to zone 3. 

Not to say TANers are NOT good bosses.  But I'm sure EVERY boss thinks they are a good boss.

I know that I could be better.  I'm poor at saying "thank you" for doing your job and MBWA (what we called Management By Walking Around).

You know, table touching and checking in with everyone.  I just expect everyone to do their job and leave them to it.  But also don't give praise for just doing it.

Now that is like lobbing up a softball.

I wouldn't sleep with you...

(waiting for you to come onto me now)