NationStates Jolt Archive

Have you got or ever had a boss who has an over-abundance of what can best be described as 'Boss' Logic'?
By this I mean the thought processes that the pointy-haired idiot boss in Dilbert would be proud to have. Those circular, catch-22, reasonings that makes one's brain hurt the longer one tries to work out the rationale behind the decision.

I have.

In fact my principal is a prime example of this.

to wit:
This morng there was an extremely heavy downpour and thunder storm. So much so, that a rain warning was issued. A red rain warning.
We have three colours of warnings here: yellow, red and black. The latter two mean classes are cancelled and the kids can go home, if a caregiver's at home for them. If not, they stay here until 4pm when they (and us the teachers) can leave as per usual.
The principal's changed the Friday meeting to this afternoon - which is pretty good of her, as it means eveyone can leave school early this Friday.

Of course this is a moot point for me as I never attend said meetings (nor need to), as it's held entirely in Cantonese. So I could leave school and go home, if there are no students left at school. Otherwise I'm the one looking after them until normal chucking out time.

Here's where Boss' Logic comes in:
Unfortunately there is still a student left here at school.
She can't go home because she's only 6 and there's no-one at home at present. Her mum's at work and not due home til 6pm and her mum's b/f is trapped at work as well.
Guess that means I have to stay, right?
Take a deep breath, clear the head and try to understand this next bit:
I happen to be her mum's b/f. And we happen to be living together.
Thus:

she can't go home because her mum's at work and I'm here, so no-one's at home.


I'm still only here and not at home because she's here.

In other words, If I was at home, she could leave. If she left, I could go home. However, because we're both here we have to both stay here for the entire afternoon.

This apparently makes perfect sense to the principal.

So we're both stuck here bored out of our trees counting the minutes until we can go home. Hence this thread.

Anyone else have examples of Boss' Logic?

In other words, If I was at home, she could leave. If she left, I could go home. However, because we're both here we have to both stay here for the entire afternoon.

This apparently makes perfect sense to the principal.

So we're both stuck here bored out of our trees counting the minutes until we can go home. Hence this thread.


....

That is truly bizarre.

Boss call out across office:

Barringtonia, can you come over here?

*B duly goes*

I'm going to send you an email, can you go print it out and come back so we can talk about it?

Ammm....

Option A. Send me the email with instructions
Option B. Print the email and ask me to collect

Or....

Option C. Seeing as you have a printer on your desk....

DH - can you, as a DHteacher, pop out to the bathroom for 10 minutes, arranging for someone just to watch over while you do, but, within those 10 minutes you can come back as DHcaregiver and say you've come to collect the girl, then ask if the temporary person watching over the girl can inform DHteacher that you've taken the girl home? When you walk out of school, call the temporary watcher as DHteacher who will then kindly inform you that the girl's been picked up by the DHcaregiver?


That logic should combat any boss logic

I think at that point I would lie about the mum being at work. Say she's become ill - vomiting or something, and has had to go home. Let the kid leave, and then run after her and walk her the rest of the way home and play computer games... or something.