What is the dumbest thing your Boss has ever done

TARGET65K

My Boss decided to pick up a very important client with his new M.G. Sports-car. The Client was arriving in Dublin airport about 5 miles from our Office.
They arrived back with the roof of the car on the backseat, looking like they went for a swim with their clothes on.
The roof blew off the car and of course it was a wet windy day in Dublin.
I and the Accountant raced to the toilet to hide our laughter.

Motorsheen

hired me.

Vikka_V

Hired someone too quickly instead of waiting it out to find a better option.

SomebodyWakeUpHIcks

Slept with me.

shira324

Used her iphone to take a picture of her monitor because she couldn't figure out how to take a screenshot or share the file with me digitally.

slider728

Not dumb in a negative way, but more of a humorous way.

This was back when pagers were still the norm for finding someone, especially someone like me that was roaming from country to country for work (our pagers mostly worked world wide). You have to keep in mind that my boss had to approve all travel including travel dates.

I had done a trip to Argentina. I had done my thing and I was in and out in 3 weeks. I had been back home about a week and had already submitted my expense report for my last trip for approval.

Suddenly, my pager goes off, which is a bit odd when I was home but not unusual. I look at the number and see it is my boss' office number. I call from my desk phone, which shows up with my name, number, and office location when I call another phone in the building. My boss picks up and starts making small talk, asking me have there been any recent events in country they needed to be aware of on the Argentina project. I told them, no, not that I was aware of but I'm probably not the best person to ask. There was a pause and then they tell me that they'd like me to make a stop on the way home. I'm really confused at this point but I tell them OK, what can I do for you? They said that they wanted me to stop off in a city in Venezuela. This time I pause, and say that Venezuela really isn't on my way home (I lived 3 miles from work). They respond with something about sure it is, you fly over it on the way home.

I finally ask them, "where do you think I am?" They sound surprised and they say, aren't you in Buenos Aires? I laugh and tell them no, you probably should check your caller ID. They realize I am literally 3 office down the hall from them.

We had a good laugh about that one! They really were a good boss though

JeepHair77

Hit "reply all" to a firm-wide e-mail with gibberish - presumably an *kitten*-dial from his blackberry. (Firm-wide, in this case, meant it went to about 2,000 people).

Six months AFTER the original e-mail.

JeepHair77

OH! Same boss once *kitten*-dialed me from the car while he was driving. Left me a 12-minute long voice message of him singing along to gospel music in the car.

JeepHair77

Same boss ALSO told a potential client, from Mexico, how much he loves Mexicans. Because "they're such a hard-working people."

Potential client did NOT hire us.

JLAJ81

Motorsheen wrote: »

hired me.

Get out of my head!

JeepHair77

OutOfUserName wrote: »

JeepHair77 wrote: »

OH! Same boss once *kitten*-dialed me from the car while he was driving. Left me a 12-minute long voice message of him singing along to gospel music in the car.

did you save it? and made copies to pass around work?

This was before our voice mails were electronic, but I invited a few trusted colleagues into my office to listen.

ValkyrieOnline

When I was in fast food, my general manager asked me to help her lift up a hot well. Thinking I could do it myself, I started to lift it up. The boiling hot water inside of it tilted to the side that was slightly hanging off the counter and the scorching hot water and greenbeans also inside of the hotwell came splashing and pouring out. She tried to catch it and burned her arm and hand.....oopsie I am a clutz, the worst person to ask for help!

RunHardBeStrong

A patient was standing at the front counter checking in, next to a decorative banner my boss has just hung up. All proud of it he says to her "How do you like my huge boner?" We all died. Could not contain it. He was redder than a tomato. Luckily the patient had a great sense of humor.

jennybearlv

I was working an early morning as a baker when I started to feel a little light headed, then the carbon monoxide detector went off. I shut down the oven and got out of there. I'm standing outside trying to get hold of a manager at 4 AM, when the assistant manager pulls up and asks me why I'm standing outside. I explain the situation and she tells me to get back to work. Luckily the smarter general manager called me back before she could turn the oven back on and kill even more brain cells.

beagletracks

I had two consecutive bosses who would spend hours arguing (boss 1) or emailing (boss 2) to explain why our (marketing) department should not have to do some job that could have been finished 3 times over if we'd just done it in the first place instead of arguing about it. Really frustrating. Two crazy-azz bosses ruined what could have been a great job. They liked the drama, those two.

NYactor1

I saw this thread and thought....I should write a book...

cuckoo_jenibeth

I reported that I had reason to believe a student in our school was high, moments later I see the same kid back in class! I questioned my boss and he said, "well, I gave him a breathalyzer test and he passed". Ummmm....????

beagletracks

JeepHair77 wrote: »

Hit "reply all" to a firm-wide e-mail with gibberish - presumably an *kitten*-dial from his blackberry. (Firm-wide, in this case, meant it went to about 2,000 people).

Six months AFTER the original e-mail.

Yeah... one of mine accidently copied another department director she was calling a lying sack of *kitten* on an email going to other directors and the vice provost. Whoopsies.

richardpkennedy1

TARGET65K wrote: »

My Boss decided to pick up a very important client with his new M.G. Sports-car. The Client was arriving in Dublin airport about 5 miles from our Office.
They arrived back with the roof of the car on the backseat, looking like they went for a swim with their clothes on.
The roof blew off the car and of course it was a wet windy day in Dublin.
I and the Accountant raced to the toilet to hide our laughter.

Is that Dublin, Ireland? Bad idea to have a convertible around our parts!

angelxsss

My boss is a super smart guy, so he doesn't do dumb things, but he does hilarious things all the time. I'll probably post his entertaining quotes here from time to time

_thisnameischosen_

Turned up drunk at work, threw up outside the building then tried to have sex with the night shift worker. Smdh

RastaLousGirl

At my first job, my manager got caught in the kid's play place, having play time with his girlfriend.

TARGET65K

richardpkennedy1 wrote: »

TARGET65K wrote: »

My Boss decided to pick up a very important client with his new M.G. Sports-car. The Client was arriving in Dublin airport about 5 miles from our Office.
They arrived back with the roof of the car on the backseat, looking like they went for a swim with their clothes on.
The roof blew off the car and of course it was a wet windy day in Dublin.
I and the Accountant raced to the toilet to hide our laughter.

Is that Dublin, Ireland? Bad idea to have a convertible around our parts!

Yes I am a Dub but live in Paris now

denversillygoose

He went into business with his parents.

The other one says "irregardless" a lot.

Heather4448

We once had a meeting... *sigh*...about having too many meetings. I wish I was kidding.