Today, my boss came back from a 2 week vacation. I was the only one covering for him, and I did an excellent job. It was my chance to get a promotion. I actually improved his sales while he was gone. But the only thing he noticed was that I killed his plant. FML
I agree, your life sucks (49158) - you totally deserved it (2551)
On 03/20/2009 at 4:46pm - work - by Anonymous (woman) - United States (New York)
Wow. What a douche. I would've thrown the damn thing at him.
#1 - On 03/20/2009 at 9:34pm by x3_LaLa_3x
You should just put a sign on the plant that says "I deserve a raise" and throw it into his house or something.
improving sales is never the boss' job... it is the employees' job... now u will cont. to stay down until u learn how to take care of a plant
#7 - On 03/20/2009 at 10:09pm by KenMcGormick
Oh well now you know, successful business' aren't based on sales; profits and whatnot.
They're based on how well you maintain plant life.
#8 - On 03/20/2009 at 10:40pm by Mattyknows
Here's a thing dude, don't ever, ever, ever try to 1 up your boss. It's never going to happen. The most he's going to promote you is next to nothing. If you threaten his job or position, he's going to fight back. I have never heard of some boss finding out that one of his workers is better than him/her then suddenly giving up his/her position to that person. At most, you'd want to 1 up him by going one step above him.
Didn't you learn anything from the 1980s?
#10 - On 03/20/2009 at 10:59pm by NorfolkDude
I agree with #10. Don't 1up your boss unless you have the eyes of his boss on you. Then you can be moved up to a better position.
And you shouldn't have killed his plant. It was probably like a child to him.
stuff like this happens a lot. you do so much for a person, and then they only notice the one thing that went slightly wrong. don't worry, karma will eventually give you the job that you deserve.
#14 - On 03/21/2009 at 12:46am by shehzeenahmed
hahaha oh man, i'm sure he DID notice the spike in sales... but tried to ignore it to avoid public emasculation.
What else did u expect? U can fill in 4 him. U can replace him doing even a better job and u are cheaper. Thank him that u r not fired, but the only way to get a raise now is to go and work for another company :D
Thats quite unfortunate =(. Keep at it, hopefully he'll notice eventually. If not.... quit! And throw a plant at him for good measure. ^^
Oh, I feel your pain. MY boss just came back from a 2 week vacation, and he didn't even bother to come upstairs (his office is down) to say hi. I "accidentally" bumped into him when he wasn't expecting to see me.
You should probably try your best to find a forward-thinking company that is more focused on truly achieving success than whether or a supervisor/boss's plant died while they were busy letting you take the reigns. It comes down to the fact that you were able to perform at or above the level of that person, and I'm guessing they weren't the least bit worried about it while they were gone. To me, that's a sign of a good work place IF there's some sort of recognition (which you didn't mention, but based on your post, you deserve)
#22 - On 03/21/2009 at 9:39am by sirfuzzitoes
Us guys all have ego problems. My advice is to find a new boss if you possibly can (#22 has it down).
#23 - On 03/21/2009 at 10:13am by deadguy321
Buy him a new plant if he doesn't have pointy hair. He'll reconize that you are only human and can make mistakes. If he has pointy hair, I would suggest this course of action: MAN THE HARPOONS!
#24 - On 03/21/2009 at 11:15am by Wombats111
im guessing he would never trust u for a babysitting job if you can't manage to take care of a plant lol
#27 - On 03/22/2009 at 6:33pm by Sagacious
If he told you to take care of the plant, YDI
If not, find a way to screw him over
#31 - On 04/17/2009 at 8:08pm by Squirrellord911
