Wednesday, November 08, 2017
Mock on Rousseau, Voltaire!
-Every firm has its very large bird,
and hosts of tweeties imitating him.
-Like Mockingbirds?
-Indeed.
-And are they sometimes actually
making fun of The Eminence?
However subtle?
-Yes, but rarely.
-Fear holds them back?
-Necessary for survival.
-We’re clever though. Bottom line.
-Brilliant!
Labels: boss, business, structure, toadies, yes man
Monday, December 01, 2014
Bad Habits
& the Grammar of Working
Blatch is a calm boss. And somewhat firm.
As a result, the girls fine-tune him, and he them.
But a something wanders. They slack off, and he
proves a beat behind.
A day’s work ruined! And he lights into them!
From his boss...the usual sarcasm.
But the Big Guy emails he’s coming for a
“little walkabout.”
“Anxious to chat, though.” Uh huh?
Marcy had worked there before they married.
“Ominous!” she pronounces. “And, more immediately,
you’ve lost the trust of your girls. Oh well, there’s
time to...”
But there isn’t. He’s transferred to a city a hundred
miles away. A ‘Showcase’ where the girls are in
a retarded program with the State.
“A promotion!” she wisecracks.
How the company is selling it in the business press.
“See you on weekends!”
The silver lining? Marcy will devote all her time
exploring retirement options. She’s super meticulous
in anything like that!
“Did you blink when the Big Guy took you on?” she
asks, the second or fifth weekend in.
“I merely listened.”
“One bad habit!”
“But all the psychologists are always saying...!”
“Next time, beg! An active verb!”
Labels: Big Guy, boss, business, girls, irrational bosses, listening, office politics, retirement, supervision, women in workplace
Thursday, June 07, 2012
-Don't throw bouquets at me.
-Not bloody likely.
-How about my favorite dream? The one in which
I hold you tight?
-Not yours truly. Any more tired songs?
-Quite the anti-romantic. Right winger too?
-Whatever the boss is.
-Oh? Do you say Those people down THERE don't
wanna work! ?
-He has proclaimed, and therefore I...
-How about what passes for philosophy? Give a fish a man and...
-His favorite. and mine. But we’ve loosened under the
relentless pounding of his kids, who were ashamed of a Neanderthal Dad.
-How so?
-Positively Scandinavian in safety net for those not members of the club. Even admitting a bit of
regulation to collar the sleazier thieves in the
Chamber of Commerce.
-Miracle! Where do you stand on Gay Marriage.
-We're waiting.
Labels: boss, popular songs, Right Wing
Monday, August 09, 2010
Executive Direction In Time of Crisis
-Metaphor? Out the door! Leave the figures of speech
to the fairies!
Later, recipient of critique to wife
-Most shit-headed of bosses yet!
-I’ll write you a note attesting your literary manhood.
I grade on a curve.
-Be forewarned. I can seethe only for so long.
One day I’ll just quit.
-The question is: Will indignity continued be preferred
against bottomless unemployment?
-Yeah yeah yeah! We’re all eating shit now! For sure!
-Some growing to be connoisseurs.
Labels: boss, demeaning employment, unemployment
