Obama is going to appear on Mythbusters.
I'm sure he'll just use the appearance to spread socialism.
She's terse. I can be terse. Once in flight school, I was laconic.
Wash ,'War Stories'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Gudanov - Oct 18, 2010 7:49:57 am PDT #305 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
DavidS - Oct 18, 2010 7:51:22 am PDT #306 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I think there is something that makes bosses crazy, when they get to be bosses.
Direct reports?
Actually I think it's the in-betweenness. Managing people is tough, but when you're in middle management you're getting yelled at by people up the org chart all the time.
So it's sort of like a doctor sitting down beside a patient and attempting their best bedside manner, while somebody stands behind them punching them in the head.
Then again, this may just be my experience in law firms.
tommyrot - Oct 18, 2010 7:54:37 am PDT #307 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
What is the old saying? That employees get promoted until they reach their level of incompetence?
Jesse - Oct 18, 2010 7:55:20 am PDT #308 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Really, I think it's just the Peter Principle. People get promoted because they are good at their jobs, until they are in jobs they are not good at. I think most crazy bosses are insecure managers.
Jessica - Oct 18, 2010 7:59:54 am PDT #309 of 30001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Peter Principle xpost!
I cite once again this year's Ig-Nobel winner for the Management Prize:
MANAGEMENT PRIZE: Alessandro Pluchino, Andrea Rapisarda, and Cesare Garofalo of the University of Catania, Italy, for demonstrating mathematically that organizations would become more efficient if they promoted people at random.
tommyrot - Oct 18, 2010 8:02:30 am PDT #310 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Personally, I think companies would be more productive if 6% of all management were Daleks and 8% were Cylons.
Jesse - Oct 18, 2010 8:08:47 am PDT #311 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
ION, I got a flu shot because the government told me to, and now my arm is sore!
bon bon - Oct 18, 2010 8:08:48 am PDT #312 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I wish I could find the article on this -- it may have been in the NYT -- but there is data on premise that supervisors become less empathetic and more irrational. Power corrupts the soul.
Calli - Oct 18, 2010 8:10:20 am PDT #313 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I think companies would be more productive if 6% of all management were Daleks and 8% were Cylons.And perhaps 7% Cybermen, to enhance workflow and productivity?
tommyrot - Oct 18, 2010 8:12:13 am PDT #314 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Perhaps 7% Cybermen, to enhance workflow and productivity?
Good point!
And perhaps companies should hire the occasional Borg consultant....