Re: Friday question: What's your favourite manager comment?

[Carter Campbell <lists -at- soph-text -dot- com>]

I've had more than a few.  Some are similar to what others have posted.  
How about:

 * "Why do you bother to write documents, no one reads them?"
 * "All you really do is pretty up our work anyway, so don't waste time
   on the other stuff."
 * "I can probably write better than you, but I don't have time." Or, a
   variation, "I can write as good as you, but I don't have the time."
 * "I'm your new manager.  We all drew straws and I lost." (this was
   said in all seriousness)
 * "How fast can you type?"
 * "Do you know how to use a computer?"  (This was asked by an HR dude
   who had printed off my resume from an email I had sent him.)

Of course, there's others, but I'll stop now, 'cause I'm getting 
depressed.  After 30+ years of this, I'm thinking a career change is in 
order.  Something that garners more respect and has more job stability, 
like dinner theatre acting.  I'm sure that most of you probably have 
lived through this kind of disdain.

Subdued Cheers.

Carter