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  • (#3) Boss Is Terrible With Phrases - Wants A 'Golden Hamster Ball'

    From Redditor u/outofprintluv:

    My boss is certainly Michael Scott-esque. When I first started I was essentially Pam as well since I was both receptionist and his assistant to some extent. My favorite story was back when we were prepping for a conference. Some context, he’s terrible with the English language in general and will mangle phrases and descriptions to no end (how the turn tables...). So on a group call, he kept talking about wanting a “golden hamster ball” to do giveaways with. Was raving about how great it would be spinning around while people walked by, all the while everyone on the call was just sitting in confused silence. However by that point, I had become so good at decoding his nonsense that I knew he was referring to a gold raffle cage and sent him image privately asking if it’s what he was thinking. To this day he still talks about the fact I can read his mind and must be psychic. And he still refers to it as a hamster ball.

    All in all he’s a pretty nice guy and a solid boss. Hired me based on a gut feeling and has been decent to me ever since. I think I knew it would be a good fit when during the interview he tried to tell me about the four pillars of the company and forgot one. Told me later it was Knowledge.

  • (#15) Boss Made Fun Of Resumes And Would Randomly Burst Into Song

    From Redditor u/cerulean03:

    Had a manager at my previous job that really, really tried his best to be everyone’s BFF. He loved giving pep talks and thought he could raise our abysmal morale by being Mr. Positivity (note: morale was low because we were always buried in work and paid sh*t). He’d crack jokes, randomly burst into song and sneak up behind you to yell “you’re doing a great job!”

    Unfortunately, he was also super incompetent at his job. He relied heavily on a junior colleague for help with technical stuff (they practically did his whole job for him), and spent days working on paperwork that should really only take an hour or two. If you had a problem, his answer was usually either to stare blankly at you until you left or to say “think positive and it’ll work itself out!”

    Thing he did I hated the most: whenever people would apply to work at the company, he’d print out the stack of resumes, sit at his desk and read aloud all of the parts he found “funny.” He’d laugh at people for working at McDonald’s or other fast food places. He loved finding grammar mistakes and making fun of them. If someone had a cringe-y objective statement, he’d guffaw over that too. This was all done loudly, and it was a open office so you couldn’t avoid hearing it. That definitely lowered morale too.

  • (#11) Boss Asked If His Daughters Could Be Employee's Flower Girls At Wedding

    From Redditor u/holmen-2001:

    My a*s boss insisted his daughters be flower girls in my wedding. I declined. At the reception, he told me I was spending too much time talking to one person, and I need to work the room more.

  • (#14) Screaming About Not Screaming

    From Redditor u/BigShoots:

    We had an anonymous feedback program at work, and our boss was livid with the results, particularly with several comments that he frequently lost his temper in meetings and would yell at us.

    The more he talked about how incorrect and unfair and hurtful these comments were, the redder and angrier he got, until he finally pounded the table and shouted, "I DO NOT! SCREAM! IN MEETINGS! OKAY?"

  • (#8) Needy Boss Who Got Secret 'Facelift' - Came Back With A Beard

    From Redditor u/Two_for_joy:

    I had one and these are just a few quick stories

    • He asked me how much I weighed during my interview.
    • He got on the intercom and interrupted everyone by yelling for someone to bring him the football team’s schedule.
    • I have video of him telling a really cringy joke during a sales meeting. You could see at least one person covering their face in embarrassment.
    • One time, he told me to call his assistant and have her bring him a bag of coffee and his 5lb dumbbell.
    • He had a ‘secret’ facelift. He was mysteriously gone for 3 weeks and came back with a beard.
    • One time I watched his business partner go down the pot luck line, tasting everything with the same fork. At the end of the line, he stuck his used fork into the cake. I haven’t eaten at a work buffet since.
  • (#2) Chewbacca Noises, Dated References, Improv - The Triple Threat

    From Redditor u/happydactyl31:

    I used Michael Scott as a reference point for an old boss of mine from the moment I started working there. He made Chewbacca noises on the regular because one of my coworkers’ names sort of vaguely sounded like Chewbacca (it didn’t), used voice to text extremely loudly in his office for no reason to send really personal messages, got really excited and wore a specific vest any time we had after-work outings scheduled, shouted the same like 7 references to old movies and extremely awkward hip-hop song quotes 100 times a day, and insisted on greeting all our international coworkers very loudly in their language (they all speak perfect English, of course), looking around for approval afterward, and then fully giggling at everyone’s French accents on conference calls. He also told me a lot about an improv show he did for a full year after it happened.

    That said - he had all the good parts too. He never hesitated go to the mat for any of us whether we deserved it or not, he gave really sage business advice and great examples of how to face challenges out of absolutely nowhere, and he came to every community play I did in the 4 years I worked for him - and told everyone else in the office how good I was in it for the following month and chastised them for not coming. When things really got serious or bad in my life, he couldn’t have been more kind, helpful, and supportive.

    Honestly? Probably the best boss I’ll ever have.

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In March 2005, a short TV show called "The Office" made its debut on NBC. In the 9 seasons, many interesting characters bring laughter and warmth to millions of families every week. Michael Gary Scott is a fictional character in the series "The Office", who is so beloved that people often blur their views of him. Real fans may have realized that some of these characters accurately reflect the real workplace, and Michael Scott may not be the best boss in real life. 

When many people think of iconic terrible bosses, Michael Scott from "The Office" is always in the first place. He is ruthless and serious, sometimes ignorant, but his antics make fans look back on the season after season. The random tool lists 16 details about real-life Michael Scott bosses.

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