{"id":134,"date":"2006-06-26T07:43:03","date_gmt":"2006-06-26T12:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/?p=134"},"modified":"2006-06-26T07:45:16","modified_gmt":"2006-06-26T12:45:16","slug":"bad-boss-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/06\/bad-boss-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad Boss Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tory Johnson from abcnews.com has a <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/GMA\/CareerManagement\/story?id=2112536&#038;CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312\" target=\"_blank\">quick, mailbag article<\/a> from last week that I missed. I truly enjoy these anecdotal topics. This one covers &#8220;bad&#8221; bosses &#8211; I give you my favorite from the article:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;While working for a computer company, I would take dictation from one of the vice presidents, an owner. He&#8217;d take his shoes off, put his foot on the desk, and clip his toenails while dictating letters to me! Yuck.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hope you weren&#8217;t eating when you read that one. I have a similar story regarding a former boss who would chew his fingernails during meetings and then spit them on the floor. One time he he our office manager in the face with one of the nails he spit out! He apologized and continued chewing.<\/p>\n<p>Ok, I apologize for getting Monday off to a low-brow start, but I couldn&#8217;t resist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tory Johnson from abcnews.com has a quick, mailbag article from last week that I missed. I truly enjoy these anecdotal topics. This one covers &#8220;bad&#8221; bosses &#8211; I give you my favorite from the article: &#8220;While working for a computer company, I would take dictation from one of the vice presidents, an owner. He&#8217;d take his shoes off, put his foot on the desk, and clip his toenails while dictating letters to me! Yuck.&#8221; Hope you weren&#8217;t eating when you read that one. I have a similar story regarding a former boss who would chew his fingernails during meetings and then spit them on the floor. One time he he&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/06\/bad-boss-stories\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-team-management"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-2a","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2287,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2010\/03\/doctor-dollars\/","url_meta":{"origin":134,"position":0},"title":"Doctor Dollars","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"March 5, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"This CNNMoney.com article is fascinating, at least to me.\u00a0 A doctor opens up about his clinic\/practice in terms of the financials of it.\u00a0 As a small business owner, I have a complete appreciation for the decisions he has to make in terms of his business.\u00a0 At the end of the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Compensation&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Compensation","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/compensation\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2117,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2009\/10\/whos-your-friend\/","url_meta":{"origin":134,"position":1},"title":"Who&#8217;s Your Friend?","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"October 1, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I\u2019m sure you have encountered those people who you wonder if they have any social skills whatsoever.\u00a0 I used to work with a guy who would walk in to any conversation between people and just start talking about his topic.\u00a0 No waiting, no gentle interruption \u2013 he just walked in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Communication&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Communication","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/communication\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":939,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/05\/the-boss-doesnt-believe-you\/","url_meta":{"origin":134,"position":2},"title":"The Boss Doesn&#8217;t Believe You","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"May 21, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Funny article here from Inc.com about a CareerBuilder.com survey - Survey: Late Employees Lie. As many as one in four employees admit to making up fake excuses for arriving late to work, a new study reveals. Amazing that they invested the resources in running a survey on this topic. I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Communication&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Communication","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/communication\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":407,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/10\/the-importance-of-your-boss\/","url_meta":{"origin":134,"position":3},"title":"The Importance of Your Boss","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"October 31, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Sales & Marketing Management has a quick hitter of a story regarding an Adecco survey about the worker-boss relationship. 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To cut to the quick of the article: If you want to make it to the top\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sales Management&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Sales Management","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/sales-management\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1412,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/02\/7-signs-you-are-a-bad-boss\/","url_meta":{"origin":134,"position":5},"title":"7 Signs You Are A Bad Boss","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"February 8, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I thought the article was going to be anecdotal and humorous, but it is actually quite insightful. Inc.com offers this article - The Office: The Bad and the Ugly - which is well reasoned. Here are the 7: 1. 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