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aquart

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15. That was quite wonderful.

Reply to Amerigo Vespucci (Original post)

Sun May 6, 2012, 06:43 AM

May 2012

Especially that you still always saw what was good in her.

I once worked for a kind, caring woman who occasionally seemed to go insane. I have no idea what deep dysfunction or anxiety brought on those episodes, but I handled them badly. Of my fellow co-workers, those from true dictatorships had the least and even zero difficulties with her. No matter how unreasonable or unworkable her demands, those from Romania and mainland China had a thousand well-practiced mechanisms for keeping her happy and the office functional. Madness at the heart of bureaucracy was already their accepted norm.

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The SINGLE WORST BOSS of my ENTIRE CAREER died of pancreatic cancer on November 8, 2011. [View all] Amerigo Vespucci May 2012 OP

beautifully honest dana_b May 2012 #1

I tried, I really did, and thank you for saying so. Amerigo Vespucci May 2012 #2

Sad story. I tell you I had a boss that no one in our office like. Mean and nasty. southernyankeebelle May 2012 #3

How sad that the American workplace lends itself so perfectly to this bullshit nt Sarah Ibarruri May 2012 #4

I couldn't agree with you more! Kath1 May 2012 #11

I'm a former teacher who became a corporate paralegal, then moved to a smaller town... Sarah Ibarruri May 2012 #16

I love your reply! Kath1 May 2012 #18

Thanks, Kath! And that's another thing. 53 is o young, in my view. Sarah Ibarruri May 2012 #19

Young? LOL Kath1 May 2012 #22

You bet 53 is young! nt Sarah Ibarruri May 2012 #32

Thanks! Kath1 May 2012 #33

Anger at herself pipoman May 2012 #5

"She was the best, and she was the worst"... she was human. hlthe2b May 2012 #6

Worst boss I ever had was completely neutered by fear of HIS bosses tularetom May 2012 #7

My dear Amerigo Vespucci... CaliforniaPeggy May 2012 #8

i never had a good one but my worst had alzheimers for years roguevalley May 2012 #9

Yikes. BlueIris May 2012 #10

I'm not going to argue that my example is the worst.... Permanut May 2012 #12

Many good life's lessons here cbrer May 2012 #13

Wow malaise May 2012 #14

That was quite wonderful. aquart May 2012 #15

Post removed Post removed May 2012 #17

wtf? YOU didn't know her. The OP did. and your comment cali May 2012 #20

Beautifully expressed. cali May 2012 #21

I don't think any job is a piece of cake hfojvt May 2012 #23

She had ambitions... Amerigo Vespucci May 2012 #24

I don't think it all rests with us hfojvt May 2012 #25

No, please let me clarify... Amerigo Vespucci May 2012 #27

been there tooeyeten May 2012 #30

If we're honest, "I hope in the end, I win, for me" is what we're all thinking. Amerigo Vespucci May 2012 #31

I'll bet, even spectulate tooeyeten May 2012 #34

great story tooeyeten May 2012 #29

k&r We all die in end. I wonder why people spend this fragile short life making others miserable Liberal_in_LA May 2012 #26

I think she got tunnel vision Amerigo Vespucci May 2012 #28