I'm bored. I really am.
Its been 6 days since i went to work. I was unwell, but to be honest, i wasn't making much effort to be healthy again. I was only too happy to avoid my boss.
I know there is nothing new about wanting to avoid your boss. But, every boss is unique, yet similar in certain ways. For instance, my boss is a jerk, now that's common. My boss has an Elvis Presley haircut, that's unique.. get it? huh? huh? hahaha...yo
This post is going to be LEGEN wait for it DARY !
My boss is a Moron, that's common. He doesn't believe in punctuations, that's unique. ha .. haa ...haa.
Now, this is not a regular boss bashing session that i'm upto. This is months of pent up frustration finding a creative outlet. My boss is special in a lot of ways. Very soon after working with him i realized i was on the 'verge of making a discovery.I discovered the male dumb blonde. Only he isn't blonde, but that's a thought.. hehe im picturing a blonde him. He is the original Johnny Bravo.
Our Johnny believes in:
- his overpowering good looks.
- audacity being his charm.
- being super duper confident about something he doesn't have a fucking clue about
- talking non-stop about it (without punctuations), stopping only to breathe, which to him, is a communication barrier.
- most importantly, talking to 10 people who know the 'stuff'. Memorizing the buzz words to fit into his blabber to create the illusion that he does really know what he is talking about.
It actually works. Johnny made his career out of it. How this works is simple, people who actually know their 'stuff' and don't know him would believe him. Because, as per them, he would have to be an idiot to talk that much without having a clue about the underlying subject.
I have to give it to Johnny, that he does make a good first impression. But its only once you start working with him that you figure out that he is incredibly narcissistic and dim-witted with a severe inability to attract women. Johnny also royally ignores any discoveries related to his stupidity. Which again is a very effective tactic that works very well when you are the discoverer's boss.
A few days into joining Johnny's project, he said to me, "Welcome aboard", and i couldn't help but think of Titanic. The similarities were uncanny. It was Johnny's maiden project, HE was the self-proclaimed, unqualified technical architect and to turn it into the classic was his overconfidence. After surviving 3 months of getting nowhere and watching Johnny embark his high horse in every project meeting, we finally had to get the super boss to kick Johnny's horse so hard in the nuts that it turns into a mouse.
It took a couple of months for the super boss to put Johnny in his place and find a qualified replacement. We heaved a sigh of relief. Johnny too was happy to be relieved of his additional responsibilities, returning to the original ones of managing his rockstar hair and running his personal errands from his office desk. Reminds me of this quote by American Sociologist Larry Kersten,
Before you attempt to beat the odds, be sure you could survive the odds beating you.
Johnny's overconfidence:
Its been 6 days since i went to work. I was unwell, but to be honest, i wasn't making much effort to be healthy again. I was only too happy to avoid my boss.
I know there is nothing new about wanting to avoid your boss. But, every boss is unique, yet similar in certain ways. For instance, my boss is a jerk, now that's common. My boss has an Elvis Presley haircut, that's unique.. get it? huh? huh? hahaha...yo
This post is going to be LEGEN wait for it DARY !
My boss is a Moron, that's common. He doesn't believe in punctuations, that's unique. ha .. haa ...haa.
Now, this is not a regular boss bashing session that i'm upto. This is months of pent up frustration finding a creative outlet. My boss is special in a lot of ways. Very soon after working with him i realized i was on the 'verge of making a discovery.I discovered the male dumb blonde. Only he isn't blonde, but that's a thought.. hehe im picturing a blonde him. He is the original Johnny Bravo.
Our Johnny believes in:
- his overpowering good looks.
- audacity being his charm.
- being super duper confident about something he doesn't have a fucking clue about
- talking non-stop about it (without punctuations), stopping only to breathe, which to him, is a communication barrier.
- most importantly, talking to 10 people who know the 'stuff'. Memorizing the buzz words to fit into his blabber to create the illusion that he does really know what he is talking about.
It actually works. Johnny made his career out of it. How this works is simple, people who actually know their 'stuff' and don't know him would believe him. Because, as per them, he would have to be an idiot to talk that much without having a clue about the underlying subject.
I have to give it to Johnny, that he does make a good first impression. But its only once you start working with him that you figure out that he is incredibly narcissistic and dim-witted with a severe inability to attract women. Johnny also royally ignores any discoveries related to his stupidity. Which again is a very effective tactic that works very well when you are the discoverer's boss.
A few days into joining Johnny's project, he said to me, "Welcome aboard", and i couldn't help but think of Titanic. The similarities were uncanny. It was Johnny's maiden project, HE was the self-proclaimed, unqualified technical architect and to turn it into the classic was his overconfidence. After surviving 3 months of getting nowhere and watching Johnny embark his high horse in every project meeting, we finally had to get the super boss to kick Johnny's horse so hard in the nuts that it turns into a mouse.
It took a couple of months for the super boss to put Johnny in his place and find a qualified replacement. We heaved a sigh of relief. Johnny too was happy to be relieved of his additional responsibilities, returning to the original ones of managing his rockstar hair and running his personal errands from his office desk. Reminds me of this quote by American Sociologist Larry Kersten,
Before you attempt to beat the odds, be sure you could survive the odds beating you.
Johnny's overconfidence:
Wow, you really do hate him! BTW, good picture....where did you get that?
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