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Bonus Tweet of the Day (Original Post) RandySF May 2021 OP
In the early naughts TlalocW May 2021 #1

TlalocW

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1. In the early naughts
Sun May 23, 2021, 03:34 AM
May 2021

I had a job where we were going to do the FISH Program. I won't go into it except it was something that business execs paid $5000 to be told common sense. One of the tenets was have fun at work. A manager above mine, who was a jerk and a bully, saw the videos before everyone else and was going around shooting people with a one-shot squeeze Nerf gun. My friend and co-worker and I (we played well off each other) called him down our aisle to ask what he was doing.

Friend: What's with the Nerf Gun?
Boss: We're going to be doing a program that teaches us how to have fun at work.
Me: That's... kind of sad that you need a video to show you how to have fun.
Boss starts to say something but is cut off
Friend: Actually I think it's brave of him to admit he has a problem and look for a solution.
Me (turning away from boss to friend): That may be, but I think it could be a symptom of some deep-seeded psychosis.
Friend: That may as well be, and he could need therapy, but he has to take that first step.
Me: But it's just not him that this affects. Is the rest of the office going to be affected by this? Should HR be alerted?

All the while the boss is trying to interject, and we're ignoring him while talking about him until he finally yells, "FINE! WHATEVER!" and stomps off.

My friend and I went out for lunch and stopped by Toys R Us where I bought the largest Nerf Gun they had. It was three-chambered, 21 shot (Nerf balls), that required 4 D batteries to operate. Whenever the boss went out to shoot people, I could pop over my cubicle walls and nail him anywhere in the cube farm.

And he couldn't do anything about it because we were having fun.

TlalocW

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