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Having a boss that cares about you is the best. Encouraging your personal and professional development, making you feel like a valuable member of the team, even saying a simple "thank you" really contributes to job satisfaction.

Sometimes, however, it feels like this boss doesn't even exist. Like they're just a fictional character, created by some business management faculty to trick students into joining the workforce.

Take this viral thread for example.

It started with a tweet by comedian Kevin McCaffrey. In it, McCaffrey recalled the time when he told his manager that his grandma had died before a double shift he was scheduled for. Their response? "Can you just work one shift?"

As the tweet blew up, people started replying with baffling phrases they heard from bosses themselves. Below are some of the most delirious ones.

Bored Panda got in touch with McCaffrey to learn more about the story behind his famous tweet. "I was a server in Anderson, Indiana for 4 months in 2003," he said. "Was I happy with it? No, haha, but I don't blame OG. It was a good server job in the area, the employees were very cool overall."

McCaffrey doesn't really remember what the real reason was that day, but he has a theory. "The TV department at Ball State's activity fair (called SuperParty) where people sign up for what shows they want to work on for the year. I was the host and EP of a late night talk show, and they wouldn't let me take the day off. I wasn't gonna miss it, so fake grandma had to have a bad day."

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Bella Jones
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hmmm .... she was happy to ignore the roaches up until the employer upset her. Not cool. Not cool at all.

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The main thing McCaffrey took away from all the replies his tweet got was that "management, in every job, is delusional."

"They demand far more than they're willing to give almost everywhere, and expect people who are clearly working survival jobs to bail on everything in their lives to deliver unlimited salad and breadsticks for 2.13 an hour and an average of about 10% tip," he said. "I also learned that there are plenty of people very mad that I lied in 2003 at the Anderson Indiana Olive Garden and missed that shift."

A study by CareerBuilder.com shows that a whopping 58 percent of managers said they didn’t receive any management training. Let that sink it. Most managers in the workforce were promoted because they were good at what they did, not because they made the people around them better. This statistic might explain their lack of competence. Our leaders aren't trained to lead.

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Here's another interesting fact for you. Leigh Branham, author of The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave revealed that 89 percent of bosses believe employees quit because they want more money. I bet any boss would love this statistic to be true (because it basically pardons them from wrong-doing) but it is simply not true. Only 12 percent of employees actually leave an organization for more money.

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Max
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, 99% of people in food service are there just because they get paid. It's not really a 'calling' or 'career'.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm a bit perplexed that work would even have the right to know your Dr, let alone ring them on a whim.

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A Harvard Business Review survey revealed that only 49% of full-time workers responded that they had "a great deal of trust" in those working above and alongside them. 

That becomes a bigger problem when you consider their other research which has found that positive teams that trust each other are more productive, creative, and resilient and improve the organization’s overall effectiveness.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Good riddance! Some employers don't want you to be educated because you will quit then anyway. Best be out of that environment.

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Recognition is the number one thing employees say their manager could give them to elevate their job satisfaction to new heights. Sadly, as you can see from the tweets, not every boss gets it. Global studies prove that when it comes to inspiring people to be their best at work, nothing else comes close—not even higher pay, promotion, autonomy, or training.

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The Harry Potter person
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why did some of you downvote Ian Koch's comment? They were asking a question.

Sam Bass
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

when you say its a "cover for covid" you are into conspiracy theory territory.

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Anna Woodhull
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Norovirus is completely unrelated to covid. It is a "stomach bug" virus. It causes severe diarrhea and vomiting. It's very contagious and often spreads rapidly when someone who has it prepares (and contaminates) food for others. There have been some horribly gross outbreaks on cruise ships.

Elizabeth Sieben
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

lol i did this at school, it was during a test. teacher thought i was trying to just skip out, until i covered a kid beside me. i got up and just walked to the office, didn't even wait to listen to the teacher.

CrunChewy McSandybutt
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A similar thing happened to a coworker at an office job. I mean, at an office job, it's especially stupid. Just let her go home, she'll pick up the slack tomorrow.

Kirsten Kerkhof
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You lasted a day? When I get an attack of Noro, I get about 15-30 minutes warning between feeling fine and full-blown on-the-toilet-clutching-a-bucket-for-the-next-12-hours.

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Metaniel
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Got you! Same happened to me, but my team leader was using as an excuse some vErY iMpOrTaNt MeEtInG. Whole office felt sorry for me. Oh, and the meeting wasn't SO important, we already knew the news

Dark Pearl
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ian Koch, Norovirus is similar to food poisoning, and usually lasts 1-10 days

pusheen buttercup
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don't ask to leave, just leave, in that kind of case- your health and not vomiting on others takes priority.

Betsy Knox
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I know it's difficult to stand up for yourself. I have trouble with it too. One thing I've learned when dealing with the kind of egregious exploitation going on with these types of managers; you have to tell them what you are going to do. Do not ask, tell. They can respond how they wish but you will have acted responsibly and will feel better about yourself. In this particular case you would have done the ethically right thing as well by telling them you were leaving risking less exposure of the virus to others. In my experience managers think you're faking when you "ask" to go home sick. You tell them and then you leave.

Fly Girl
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Your boss is jerk but I still feel sorry for the customers. It was not their fault.

zovjraar
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

do people not know the difference between a norovirus and a coronavirus?

sylvantic
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

On the one hand, that manager is a terrible person, but on the other, if you know you're going to be sick, and you're in an environment with food and other people, do not vomit on people! go to the bathroom! you have a point but that's still a terrible thing to do.

Percy
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would have been peace I am out and if they made me stay I would be sure to vomit on them

Sharon Dean
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

See, that's it, you don't ask!!! Just say, I'm sick and I'm going home..........and keep on walking!!

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norovirus? is that a different virus or just a cover up for COVID. I have stupid.

Sonja_kitty
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's a different virus. It makes you throw up and have diarrhea, and it spreads very easily. Very stupid of that manager to make them come into work.

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Gallup discovered that one of the most important decisions companies make is simply whom they name manager. However, its analytics suggest they usually get it wrong. In fact, Gallup found that companies fail to choose the candidate with the right talent for the job 82% of the time.

Gallup estimates that managers account for at least 70% of variance in employee engagement scores across business units, and this variation is in turn responsible for severely low worldwide employee engagement. Gallup reported in two large-scale studies in 2012 that only 30% of U.S. employees are engaged at work, and a staggeringly low 13% worldwide are engaged.

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If only they listened more.

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James016
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don’t know how it works in the USA but that must be a health and safety violation.

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N G
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's not 3 days to get over it. It's 3 days to sort the paperwork. They're not offering "grief leave".

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KoalaLa
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm all for inclusivity, but you can't expect the whole restaurant system changes because of you being autistic?

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why would you take paid time off over medical leave? No boss is going: " Wow, what an outstanding employee!!! Taking PTO instead of the medical leave he could have gotten. Amazing, remind me to promote him and give him a raise when he comes in." Instead they'll be like: " Jeez, what a dumb@ss. Remind me to fire him when he returns."

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Ian Koch
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

they got injured while working... then she was asked to come back to work the same day. by her boss. I would say this to the boss, before quitting: Do you are have stupid.

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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

wow, kidney stones suck(from what ive heard) and if your pissing rocks, you need to stay home.

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Z Kalnina
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's a strange thing to lie about. Maybe they sensed you did. And actually knowing you'd use such a lie to get out of work doesn't say great things about you. I would not want you to be my employee.

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