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[AugustWest]

The problem is not that I've wanted to do that, it's that I've unintentionally done it anyway.

[Carlos del Vaca]

Would it be obnoxious if I sent my boss a Let Me Google That For You link in reply to a question?  Yeah, I guess it would.

I could not possibly be more pouring myself a drink when I get home than I am now.

[Doc]

Would it be obnoxious if I sent my boss a Let Me Google That For You link in reply to a question?  Yeah, I guess it would.

I could not possibly be more pouring myself a drink when I get home than I am now.

You're living everyone's dream, man.
When did it become a crime to point out that the guy who is meant to be smarter than you is actually an idiot?

[wombat]

When was that NOT a crime?

[miles]

When did it become a crime to point out that the guy who is meant to be smarter than you is actually an idiot?

When were bosses meant to be smarter than their subordinates?

Tonight I am going to pour myself a beer because I finally passed the second of a couple licensing exams for work that I've been working on for too long. No raise immediately but life will be better there.

[Arachno-capitalist]

You're living everyone's dream, man.
When did it become a crime to point out that the guy who is meant to be smarter than you is actually an idiot?

"Smarter" is a subjective statement. Ownership, Management, and Operations, require different sets of skills. Undercover Boss shows only one side of the story. The COO cant do the ground level work any better than the ground level worker can do the COOs job.

[Doc]

Yeah, to be honest I thought that as I typed it, but it seemed less pithy that way.

[wombat]

The COO cant do the ground level work any better than the ground level worker can do the COOs job.

Shouldn't the boss have a pretty good understanding of the worker's job, though? How can you manage if you know nothing about the actual work you are supposed to be managing. This is what makes us feel they are stupid despite whatever skills they have that we don't.

In the good old days the boss worked his way up from doing the actual job, instead of going to a school that allegedly teaches how to theoreticaly manage anything. That's how I vaguely remember them, anyway...

[greenkoolayd]

Undercover Boss shows only one side of the story. The COO cant do the ground level work any better than the ground level worker can do the COOs job.

i was considerably disappointed when i found out that 'undercover boss' is a blatant advertising ploy.

[pmcd9]

i was considerably disappointed when i found out that 'undercover boss' is a blatant advertising ploy.

Really?  I mean, were you really fooled by this.

I guess I'm so cynical and jaded.  I read a headline on some news feed somewhere about Steven Tyler's new gig on American Idol.  It said something about Joe Perry won't return my calls.  My first impulse was, that'll sell some tickets when they do their reunion tour or whatever.

[miles]

Not at a COO level. That is a waste of brainpower. At a certain level of management you need to understand it from a process standpoint, but expecting the COO to know how to solder a pin connector or giraffe a turd out of a pool is stupid.

That's exactly right. I think wombat means the boss one directly reports to, and yes, that person should have a pretty good idea of what her direct reports do for a living.

Edit: But you know what they say. If you can't do, manage.

[Nabubrush]

The guy who does my job when I'm not here just got picked up for a better (in many ways) job. So his last hitch, our boss 3 levels up comes to him after a meeting and chews his ass for bringing up a topic during the meeting in an unprofessional way (although he was only sharing it for someone who couldn't be there, and it didn't have anything to do with him at all). So my guy says he has something else to talk to him about, and boss says "make it snappy, I got a lot on my plate" . . . . I love when that shit happens. It's rare, but so worth it. My guy just says "yeah, I quit". Boss: "shit! I mean, good for you."

[jay-ell]

...throw an awesome birthday party for my son.

Yay! We had fabulous, 70 degree weather for his February birthday 2 years in a row. What are the odds? There was much jumping on the trampoline and rollocking around the backyard.

Also, every single guest was brought to the party by his or her dad. No guest moms whatsoever. I felt rather outnumbered, but it was nice to see involved dads hanging out and talking about their kids.

[wombat]

...more or less play the role of Miss Sweetie Poo and get to make a winner of the Ig Nobel prize stop talking after five minutes.

I didn't get to actually say "Please stop, I'm bored" because they could not have known that a random volunteer from the audience like myself has spent most of her life wanting to get up when other people are talking and say "Please stop, I'm bored" over and over. Instead I had to make an annoying noise with a pen on a glass.

AND, I was wearing "What We Need More of is Science."

I hope there is at least one person on this board who is impressed by this.

[Doc]

I'm equally impressed to see Amanda Palmer is playing the award ceremony this year.