I just HAVE to blog about this

My boss drive me freakin nuts due to the fact that HE HAS NO BRAIN. Moreover, for someone who went to Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern, he SUCKS at doing math on the spot. When even I'm 5 times better, you know there's a problem.

1. This is an example of a scenario that happens ALL THE TIME:

My boss is in China. A client asks for the cost to ship something from China to US. The problem is I have no idea how much the thing weighs, which is the entire basis for how much it will cost to ship. I proceed to figure out how much it's gonna weigh, based on how much the item costs, compare it to old projects, calculations, etc.

Me: I made an estimate on the cost to expedite shipping on that project. I figured that weight should be around 7000 kg max.
Boss: NOOOooooo, it's not that heavy. It would be much more expensive if it's 7000 kg. I'm guessing 4... no, 5000 kg. Well, hmm, 5000 - 6000 kg.
Me: OK. I was just thinking maximum.
Boss: I'll call you in about an hour to give you an estimate.

[One hour later.]

Boss: I figured the thing is 7000 kg. Use that to do the calculations.


WTF?????


2. How about this scenario:

Last year was year of the Rooster.

Boss: What's your Chinese zodiac sign?
Me: Rooster.
Boss: So how old are you?
Me: 24.
Boss: My dad's year of the rooster. Hmm, so how old is he?
Me: 72.
Boss: Nooo. 78.
Me: 72.
Boss: No wait. 76.
Me: 72.
Boss: Hmm... yeah yeah 75.
Me: 72.
Boss: Oh I got it. He's 74.
Me: 72.
Boss: Oh right right. 73.
Me: Well, since it's January, I figure there's 11 out of 12 chance that he's still 72.
Boss: OK.


3. Or how about this one:

Boss is in China, I get a call from a client who says we totally screwed up his order. I tell him I will let Boss know and have him call him.

Due to the fact that Boss had previously said he was going to call me soon, I wait for him to call to tell him the bad news. He doesn't call, so I finally call him after waiting a while.

Me: Client said we totally screwed up his order, I told him you would call him ASAP.
Boss: Why didn't you call me right away?
Me: Because you were supposed to call us, so we were waiting for your call.
Boss: Next time, don't tell the the client I'm going to call you and you're waiting for my call. That is like internal information.
Me: I didn't tell him that. [Thinking: WTF?]


Seriously, if you think ur boss is annoying because he taps his pen or gives you work, try mine, a royal self-riteous idiot. He does this type of thing to me and my co-worker here all the time!