Admission: One of my favorite blogs is about FASHION. It’s called MagnificientBastard; where the author discusses male fashion and how us men can better and more appropriately dress ourselves. We, I need it. Frankly, I have reached the Fashion Ambivalent stage of my life where most of my fashion issues have been solved by wearing black trousers, black belts, black socks and black shoes every day, with a different color shirt. (I would love a Men’s Garanimals section at Nordstrom’s.) MB has a funny section in his blog about “toolbags,” which refers to men who are clueless, inappropriate and overall doofuses. You know who you are. So, with credit to the Magnificient Bastard, here’s how to tell if YOUR boss is a toolbag.
How to Tell if YOUR Boss is a Toolbag
1. He takes credit for everything you do.
2. He walks around the meeting with a baseball bat, asking if anyone saw the movie Untouchables.
3. He steals money from the coffee jar.
4. He is all gushy about you to your wife, and asks her to call him if you get upset at him.
5. He demands the project be completed overnight for his 8 am meeting, but then doesn’t show up himself.
6. He broke down, cried and asked “why don’t they like me?”
7. He wanted everyone to dress like a pilgrim at Thanksgiving.
8. He monitors phone calls.
9. He brings in his kids’ grade school artwork and asks for your honest opinion.
10. He puts you down for ten boxes of Girl Scout cookies because “everyone else is buying this much.”
How did YOU know that YOUR boss was a toolbag?
9 users commented in " How To Tell if Your Boss is a Toolbag "
Damn it, Hoffman! You had to bring this up. I also love that site, but I have a big admission – my boss is indeed a toolbag. And, worse, I’m self-employed.
Maybe you need a new boss then, Conrad.
I could use lots of examples. We have a boss that hates the alternate work schedule and is trying to take it away from anyone she can. Then yesterday word came from the TOP that we need to offer more flexibility in everyone’s schedules so they will be more willing to cut back hours, saving jobs. The other was when one signed up a subordinate as an emergency contact for another brand new employee since she didn’t know anyone to tell the daycare, without telling the new emergency contact first. The subordinate, new employee, and child hadn’t even met yet. The boss that forced me to read technical manuals while copying technical manuals, rather than knit and watch the machine that it not jam. “Others could get jealous that you are knitting.” Show them my paycheck. Nuf said.
So Conrad, the question was How did YOU know that YOUR boss was a toolbag? You admitted to being such boss, but how did YOU know? Inquiring minds need to know. Maybe the word “toolbag” will be placed into the dictionary soon, perhaps you are starting something.
Grey is the new black. Wear with brown shoes and belt. LOOK! A whole new wardrobe!
Any friend of Conrad is a friend of mine and I did not even know that Conrad has a toolbag for a boss. Nice to make your acquaintance GL.
I intend visiting often and commenting. I look forward to your repartee.
About male fashion – I am in total bliss. Instead of black I use white native clothes when I have to go out. At home I wear native clothes again, which are extremely comfortable. Footwear is almost always slip ons or sandals without socks. Our climate permits that luxury. For the daily evening constitutional with the LOH, I wear track suit bottoms with a t-shirt and in cold season perhaps a jerk-in. Jogging shoes completes the ensemble.
My corporate clothes are in mothballs just like I too am.
And vice versa Ramana, I will look forward to your commentt
I’m not getting a new boss, but I’m encouraging him to upgrade his wardrobe at times. He doesn’t listen.
He insists upon carrying that Blackberry on his hip wherever he goes. Mumbles something about email and twitter, whatever those are.
In response to madaboutewe, I am going by the rules set forth on the Magnificent Bastard site, my clothing Bible. It’s just that I’m learning what a fashion sinner I am.
Actually, I never did any of GL’s list when I had a stable of programmers. But, the way I dress! Oy!
Ramana, I am so glad to hear that you leave the socks away from the sandals. Socks with sandals is a MAJOR fashion offense and the fashion police will be all over you if you wear them together. When you bring up white, native clothes; well, my white native clothes at home will have to wait until the children move away…
Confession of something I did that was “toolish”. Our printer is on top of a lateral file at work because my roommate is also very tall. There was a jam, then I had to print envelopes, then cancel a job, so I had STOOD on her desk a few times. The following week the sunlight in the room was just right and I could see my FOOTPRINTS all over her desk!! Lets just say I REALLY cleaned her desktop and make sure I always wipe it off when I jump up there from now on. She never noticed, but if it was ME, I’d clean it off in front of ME so I would get the HINT. I could write a book on passive-aggressive.
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