Weird things that your boss

thunderstorm

Sun, Nov 29 2020, 4:07 pm

I didn’t find it weird at the time , but now I do. He gave me money and asked me every Friday to go to the bakery to buy challah for his family for Shabbos and he sent me to the cleaners to pick up his shirts. I guess he viewed me as his personal assistant.

amother

Ivory

Sun, Nov 29 2020, 4:44 pm

amother [ Scarlet ] wrote:

If I could clean the mini fridge in the conference room. I said no.

In some offices this is a normal thing for employees to do. They take turns doing it.

amother

Peach

Sun, Nov 29 2020, 5:10 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Take a cpr course and be the one responsible to do cpr in case. I said no I would freak out not be able to act

Ok it depends what work environment you work in
If it’s an office then yeah that’s odd

If it’s a school, then you’re odd for that reaction.

amother

Peach

Sun, Nov 29 2020, 5:12 pm

thunderstorm wrote:

I had this too!

I was asked to send out invites for a family event LOL

amother

Burgundy

Sun, Nov 29 2020, 5:27 pm

amother [ Powderblue ] wrote:

When I returned to work, I needed a place to pump. The 2 options I was given were 1 coworker's office (that had a door) that is typically empty since they usually work at another site (that's what I usually used) and my boss's office.

So, sometimes I used my boss's office (since sometimes that other coworker was on site and also sometimes my boss was on vacation), and it was weird to be sitting there looking at all these smiling photos of my boss and his family as I pumped lol

(The other coworker was also male, but he didn't have photos up around that desk since he was there so rarely.)

Still better than pumping in a bathroom.

One of my bosses had an agreement with her neighbor about their electricity bill. Well the neighbor never wanted to pay and my boss wanted me to harass them. I said no.

amother

Scarlet

Sun, Nov 29 2020, 6:04 pm

amother [ Ivory ] wrote:

In some offices this is a normal thing for employees to do. They take turns doing it.

Not at my firm, we have a cleaning contract.

amother

Gold

Sun, Nov 29 2020, 6:06 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Ever asked you to do...

Remind her to make a bedika...
Um yea hi

Massage his shoulders. I said no, sorry.

amother

Indigo

Sun, Nov 29 2020, 6:24 pm

My current boss asked me if I’d take over a zoom weekly class she has to take once a week from 7:00 to 8:30 am.
My hours are normally 9:30 till I’m done my work. I work part time.

I thought her favour was too much of a commitment for me & I said no.
I wake at 7:30 am.

Curios to know what you imas think of this?
Was this a reasonable request?

amother

Khaki

Sun, Nov 29 2020, 6:24 pm

Boss’s wife would call me to print return labels for her online returns and put it on her husbands desk to take home.
My female boss asked male employee to do a return to a heimish woman’s clothing store.

allthingsblue

Sun, Nov 29 2020, 6:37 pm

amother [ Indigo ] wrote:

Is she asking you to take a class instead of her, as in to pretend to be her?

amother

Indigo

Sun, Nov 29 2020, 6:39 pm

allthingsblue wrote:

Is she asking you to take a class instead of her, as in to pretend to be her?

To take her place. She said she’s allowed to do that.
But the time in morning is what made me think it was a bit too much to expect

amother

Pearl

Sun, Nov 29 2020, 6:49 pm

amother [ Indigo ] wrote:

Whether it was a reasonable request or not is irrelevant. If the timing is outside of your contracted hours then you are under no obligation to accept this responsibility

amother

Sun, Nov 29 2020, 7:52 pm

amother [ Peach ] wrote:

Ok it depends what work environment you work in
If it’s an office then yeah that’s odd

If it’s a school, then you’re odd for that reaction.

Its a school but I'm not the only secretary there. Whats the use in taking the course if I don't feel eligible

amother

Maroon

Sun, Nov 29 2020, 8:00 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Its a school but I'm not the only secretary there. Whats the use in taking the course if I don't feel eligible

It might really help you to take a CPR course, especially if you feel intimidated by it all. It could help you feel less powerless if you’re ever in a situation where it could help.

I became a nurse partly because I was once in a situation of a medical emergency of a family member and I felt completely helpless, thankfully Hatzalah got there fast and it was okay, but I was so shaken that I was determined to never feel that helpless again.

amother

Black

Sun, Nov 29 2020, 8:01 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Ever asked you to do...

Remind her to make a bedika...
Um yea hi

Did you seriously ask your boss wife to do a Bedika??? That’s insanely inappropriate Can't Believe It

amother

Maroon

Sun, Nov 29 2020, 8:02 pm

amother [ Black ] wrote:

Did you seriously ask your boss wife to do a Bedika??? That’s insanely inappropriate Can't Believe It

I’m pretty sure the boss was female

amother

Black

Sun, Nov 29 2020, 8:04 pm

amother [ Wine ] wrote:

As a newlywed, to go on a date with him to tell him what he was going wrong on dates. ( he’s still single)

Did you go?

amother

Sun, Nov 29 2020, 8:10 pm

amother [ Black ] wrote:

Did you seriously ask your boss wife to do a Bedika??? That’s insanely inappropriate Can't Believe It

My boss asked me to remind her to make a bedike for your info