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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 05:39 PM Original message |
Do u have a "positive-thinker"/religious boss? I need advice. |
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burrfoot (801 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. If there's anything |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 06:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Yes--thanks, been doing this already. I forgot to mention it. It's |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'd post "demotivators" all over my effin' cube. |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Yeah, I love those demotivational posters!! I love their site. I have |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 07:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I was just at despair.com today. Love it. nt |
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necso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
5. Fake it; |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 09:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Thanks, necso. Had to laugh--I do get in before anyone else, but |
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necso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 10:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Dogs can be fairly subtle |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. Be Pollyanna every Friday. The object is to drive your coworkers batty with witless cheerfulness |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 07:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. That sounds like it would be fun to do. Going nutty with cheer. It's fun to act like a |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I do, on occasion, tell myself that this is an acting job, not a career |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 10:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I had a job for many years where a number of people actually despised me, no matter what I did: |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 06:31 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Thank you--I do that too, since a couple of coworkers, due to them |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
9. Smile vacantly all the time. |
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Dyedinthewoolliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
13. On the other hand |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
15. My daughter had such a boss. The boss has driven the business into the ground |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
16. If he could get it drunk enough... |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 06:26 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Don't you just despise that word?? What kills me is that none of the |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
17. I had one of those once |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 06:43 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Yes, I sense that my new boss can easily be a snake as well. All in |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 07:16 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Yep, some trainwrecks are just fun to sit back and watch |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
22. One of our managers is actually an EX cheerleader, who attempts to dry hump... |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
23. Go WAY overboard with it; You have a short time left till retirement, |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Thanks, Mark. I know I will be just like you the moment I retire-- I |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
25. Adopt as much office-slang as possible without laughing. |
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rcrush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
26. Leave little Jesus coffee stains on the office furniture. |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. OMG. That's a funny as hell idea. I'm an artist, so I could probably |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
28. NO but i have regular corporate bosses who think i shoudl show more spirit |
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