I have been sent a lot of "workplace asshole" stories lately. I appreciate the time that people take to send them, learn something new from each one, and continue to be amazed by the varied means that assholes use to demean others (and in doing so, often demean themselves).
I was sent an especially strange, sick, and well-written story tonight about an asshole boss in the advertising industry. I reprint the email below (with the author's permission --I always ask), and invite your comments as always:
Hi Bob,
I was hired by an asshole in the advertising industry who was so threatened by the relationships I created within the creative department, that she asked me NOT to leave my office and go visit with these employees. She was such a control freak that one time when I told her I was going to bathroom, she followed me in, because she didn't trust where I was headed, and actually stood in front of the stall I was in and peered down to check out my footwear.
By this time I was onto her - and lifted my feet.
Asshole, huh!
(insecure and pathetic, but really an asshole!)
Cheers,
Ally
Yes Ally, sounds like an asshole to me. And one that was clearly driven by deep insecurity.
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