Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Boss bastion

I caught my boss watching Love Guru when he should have been working. Taking advantage of the big boss' being away and having passed most of the work to us, his poor cursed subordinates, he had happily put on his headphones and was watching Guru Pitka impart his copyrighted knowledge to all who will listen. And having seen him watching the movie, I did what I do best -- practice diplomacy by offering him a mini-review of the film.

Being a boss is a good job. You don't have to work. If you're sincere, you just make a show of doing a lot of work. And that's all you need.

Sometime ago this same boss had dozed off, with his head half under the monitor. Us giggly subordinates had tiptoed all the way to his work station to check out the scene.

And he's not the only one. Soon after this dozing off session, we spotted the big boss with his head down on his table. A colleague went over to ask him something, and he raised his head, eyes red with sleep. Of course, this boss works kinda hard, so a nap is forgivable in this case.

There's this other loudmouth senior chap in the office. Thankfully, he isn't our boss and belongs to a different department. Now this guy is something to see, and hard to miss with his protruding belly and loudspeaker-like voice. And all he does throughout the 9-hour work day is read the New York Times website, advise people on everything around the sun, ask over-worked people unnecessary general knowledge questions till they are out of polite answers just so he can show the world how much he knows, and show off the photos he has taken with his 80k-rupee DSLR and posted on his blog just so you have the wonderful opportunity to praise his creativity.

As I was saying, being a boss has many, many perks. Sometimes I feel I'm stuck in the wrong job. I should be a boss too.

6 comments:

What's In A Name ? said...

Yes, your tryst with boss-dom would make for some reading.

And, you sure your boss doesn't have your blog-link ??

coffee stain said...

80K dslr :O
sigh sigh

boss.....i'd like to be a boss!

~Moo-lah Buz!nezzz~ said...

does everyone doze off in ur office???

loony girl said...

i wanna be boss too!!!
i wanna be boss too!!!
and i KNOW wat poojo is talkin abt here! its sooo unfair to see em tht way, while we wrk our prettyselves to death!

Sam said...

i'll second that.. i have been a boss material since childhood... wonder why they ignored me at work.. talk about not recognising talent!! hmpf!!

Llama said...

@ WIAN?
One boss does have the link. :P

@ Coffee
Me too me too.

@ Moo
Only the bosses.

@ Solo
Pretty selves should not be allowed to work only.

@ Sam
Pitiful isn't it?