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Subject:RE: Beaten by the mob From:JB Foster <jb -dot- foster -at- shaw -dot- ca> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Sat, 11 Jan 2003 19:12:23 -0700
What was your boss looking for? Future door-mats! Maybe possible
scape-goats! Did he skin cats alive on his free time? I find people like
that, often get a kick out of intimidating others. In my mind, not the way
to a functional office-place. And not how one attracts top talent to a
department.
Of course I remember when the subject of wife-beating was first brought-up,
in our house-of-commons, in Canada. I can still hear the back-benchers' loud
chuckles!
Bruce
Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
> Many years ago I worked for a boss who would yell at people (particularly
> new staff members) in public, berate them, the whole bullying routine. I
> found out later it was a kind of initiation rite, and the way to be
> accepted was to stand toe-to-toe with him and yell back. Even better if
> what you were yelling was that he was wrong about whatever the supposed
> topic was (and could back up your statement with references). ...
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