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When I was an apprentice I had a boss who took great pleasure in waiting until I had finished something then yelling at me and getting me to re-do it for the most ridiculous reason. I took great pleasure in finding out that in his leisure time he was a frequent flyer at a well known dogging hotspot in the area and chipped in with the golden nugget of info at my leaving drinks. I think he retired soon after...

SteveT Wrote:

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> Most of the bosses I have worked for I was

> cleverer, quicker, and more astute than,

> eventually I realized I was insufferable as an

> employee, so I became a boss and have run

> businesses for 40 years.


Sounds very sensible and I admire that you had the guts to leave and run your own business. However, I hope I'm not an insufferable employee as I do actually respect my boss (who is super-intelligent and brilliant at what they do, except of course for the occasional time they comment* on my work ha ha)


> I am now an insufferable boss about to retire, and

> I no longer have to put up with uppity employees

> who think they know the job better than I, but are

> too gutless to start their own thing.


> Katie I sympathise with your predicament and

> understand how demeaning it is to be subserviant

> to a boss who appears an oafish buffoon but if you

> are soooo clever, do your own thing and start your

> own business.


I'm writing the business plan (when I'm not on the forum) :))


> Swallowing the company line always stuck in my

> throat, and I was forever baulking at the narrow

> perameters a job held, I found it was just too

> stifling for my overbearing, obnoxious know-it-all

> personality.


Yes thats tough if you don't agree with the company line and feel intellectually stifled.


> Best of luck in what ever venture you choose for

> the future.


Thank you so much and best wishes for your retirement.


*needlessly change things around to mean the same thing

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