tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577155903853273621.post4012378302491993735..comments2023-10-05T10:00:27.231-07:00Comments on The Diary of a Gold-Digger: In which I work for a crazy bossthe gold diggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09134199198587591427noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577155903853273621.post-88157853430806503142011-03-23T06:29:45.216-07:002011-03-23T06:29:45.216-07:00AAM, I should have taken the phone to the ladies! ...AAM, I should have taken the phone to the ladies! After all, I was on the clock, so all my time was hers.<br /><br />She was just crazy. My car broke down one day on my way to work, so I called her from the garage to tell her I was sorry but I would not be able to make it to work that day. You know - as I had a car that was $800 precious dollars away from functioning again.<br /><br />She got really mad at me! I was thinking, Honey, you're not paying me for this time. I don't have anybody coming in to test. This work is not so critical that one day will make a difference. She had no perspective.<br /><br />I started to understand why the HR director had quit.the gold diggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09134199198587591427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577155903853273621.post-60223344536354195262011-03-22T20:45:51.634-07:002011-03-22T20:45:51.634-07:00Wow. There's just so much havoc that I would h...Wow. There's just so much havoc that I would have been tempted to wreak with that situation.Ask a Managerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05281942480230532899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577155903853273621.post-14125084018513680502011-03-22T08:36:50.825-07:002011-03-22T08:36:50.825-07:00AAM, I worked for a company that required we carry...AAM, I worked for a company that required we carry portable phones...and yes, we were expected to answer them no matter where you were...a meeting, the lunch room, the bathroom, your car, whatever. It was not fun having a conversation with a Director and then hearing a toilet flush in the background. <br /><br />I did not work there for long.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577155903853273621.post-59048159421617637032011-03-22T06:58:40.493-07:002011-03-22T06:58:40.493-07:00I love so much about this story, but I think my fa...I love so much about this story, but I think my favorite part is that she'd yell at you for not being at your desk when she called. You should have started taking your phone into the bathroom with you and loudly flushing during her calls.Ask a Managerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05281942480230532899noreply@blogger.com