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adagio
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0 posted 2007-06-28 10:47 AM



To a former boss

I don't want to be the one
who talle you that you're stupid
no one else will speak the truth
of just how crass you seem here

everything you've ever tried
has ended in a failier
nothing seems to turn out right
the others scared to tell you

blame it on some other guy
that seems to be your method
why can't you face simple facts
you're as clever as a clam

how far can you really flee
from obvious and lucid
maybe it's just selfishness
that blinds your eyes from truth

some folks say your dumd as dirt
they wont say it to your face
many laugh behind your back
the very ones you trusted

if no one sees you do it
you can easyly shift the blame
if by chance it comes out right
steal the credit if you can

so don't hold it against me
only a friend would tell you
no one else do so
so I held my nose and did

hopeing you would do the same
if you were in my steel toes
next time I hope it's better
I don't think it could get worse

adagio

© Copyright 2007 Ralph Robichaux, Jr. - All Rights Reserved
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Gaia
1 posted 2007-06-28 10:49 AM


Way to go, Ralph!
Once in a blue moon, truth speaks out!

adagio
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2 posted 2007-06-28 10:54 AM


ME thinks I need spell check

passing shadows
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3 posted 2007-06-28 11:25 AM


OMG! This is SO ME!!

I could tell you the stories!

well done! Glad I am not alone!!

passing shadows
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4 posted 2007-06-28 11:30 AM


I asked her if the computer was over 2 years old since it didn't change time when the new computers did at daylight savings...she went into some entricate detail about how to change the time (going into Start and then Control Panel, etc) ...I have a degree and took computer classes that absolutely bored me to death...

I wrote her back all you have to do is double click the time at the bottom right hand corner...

I did a system recovery on the damn thing when she thought we needed a new hard drive...and the hard drive was fine

spent hours getting everything back up and not even a thank you...

GAWD!



PoloniusFicklebottom
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5 posted 2007-06-28 11:47 AM


Dear Adagio sir,
this was great, in that it was brutally honest. sometimes, people need that.

it kind of reads like a backhanded hallmark card.
-Ficklebottom!

"Every day is yours to create!"
-Polonius Ficklebottom
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LeeJ
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6 posted 2007-06-28 11:56 AM


bosses...some of them are confident great bosses, others should never be in a postion

heartfelt write...she/he should realize, if it were not for you...and others neath he/she would be there....

well done

serenity blaze
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7 posted 2007-06-28 12:11 PM




Now you know normally I'd be all over your spelling like white on rice, but in this particular case--I think it can pass for irony!

Yer a funny guy, Ralph!

Much enjoyed this one too!

Drauntz
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8 posted 2007-06-28 12:27 PM


The former boss needs to read this.


good.

Fairplay
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9 posted 2007-06-28 07:24 PM


Hey... the boss isn't always right but he is always the boss until he is sacked...

I tend to go round thinking everyone is half stupid.... then I think where did you get that big car house attractive wife...and why am I broke.

There must be some mileage in being the boss...even if it's only a dumb boss.

Next time just tell his boss you can do the job much much better and maybe you will get promoted... Of course the spelling would have to improve a little.

Enjoyed the read... what I would like to do to some bosses he he...

adagio
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10 posted 2007-06-29 01:47 PM


There's a line in
a John Lennon song
that goes:

"They hate you if your clever
and they dispise a fool"

JamesMichael
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11 posted 2007-07-01 07:04 AM


Nice...James
dgvarner
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12 posted 2007-07-01 10:12 AM


LOL...I once had a boss I could like to have sent this one to!  

enjoyed!

hugs, g

Robert Jordan
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13 posted 2007-07-01 10:18 AM


Adagio,

This all runs together in a rather uninteresting blob.

Bobby

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