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Weirdest boss you have had and why? (Bit of fun - let's see how times have changed)

Lisa

Hi everyone

Thought it would be a bit of fun to see if any of you have been unfortunate enough to have a weird/bad boss in the past.

One of mine (yeah, I've had a few) was in the early 90s.  Just after getting the job, I was speaking to the accountant who said to me (and I quote) "You know why he took you on over the others he interviewed?  He said last time he took on the girl with the biggest t**s and it didn't work out so this time he said he picked the one with the biggest smile".

I have to say, I couldn't wait to get out of there.  Thankfully, the decision was taken out of my hands after he had a major scuffle in reception with a director from another company and the following day we went into administration and were made redundant.

Let's hear your bad boss stories

Lisa

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  • Working an after-school and Saturday job in a bakery (with cockroaches). The store was family-owned, and when my first shift finished I got changed (out of my brown nylon dress and apron uniform) and prepared to go. Shock from the rest of the team - the unwritten-but-rigidly-enforced rule was that no one was allowed to go home until we had all escorted the owner-boss to her car and waved her off. This meant about 4 or 5 people stood around for 15-20 minutes at the end of each day, to do a most bizarre Downton-esque departure ceremony. Every day.

    Owner-boss was also extremely patronising, apologising for my inability to add up quickly enough in my head to a customer I was serving - again the 1980s, but tills from the 1950s that didn't add up. Customer was mortified, and I lost count.

    Suffice it to say that with the cockroaches and the management style, not to mention the chic outfits, my tenure there was relatively brief.
  • in reply to Nina Waters
    www.fold3.com/.../642791604-orde-wingate-eccentricity-in-action

    - his brother was once long ago our boss: he'd 'only' been a Colonel not a General but shared many of the family traits - fortunately not quite so startling though!!
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