Boss's Day.
I'm sure if I took the time to do some googling and some wikipedia-ing, I could find out the history of Boss's Day. Like who invented it? Hallmark? Or the corporate industry? Or perhaps even God? Isn't HE the ultimate boss? In any event, next Saturday, October 16 is officially Boss's Day. And as I was at the grocery store yesterday afternoon picking up a few things, I saw that all this upcoming week is Boss's week. And there I was in the middle of Schnucks with a dilemma. To celebrate or not to celebrate?
When I worked at Kaplan many eons ago, I hated my boss so much I don't believe I acknowledged Boss's Day. (BTW, I'm more a fan of the term, "supervisor", than "boss". Boss seems so impersonal and well, bossy.) In any event, when I went to work at CBU after that, we did celebrate Boss's Day. More so out of fear that we'd face the wrath that we constantly sought to a avoid if we didn't give our Boss a card, a gift, whatever. So the admisisons gang always seemed to band together, throw in a few bones, and honor the person who could easily send us packing.
I didn't honor my supervisor the last two years as a grad student but the office did celebrate Boss's Day for our Director of the Center. He deserved it. We loved him. Made sense.
And now I'm here. A gift just seems like too much but to do nothing seems a litttle harsh. My supervisor works INCREDIBLY hard, works godonlyknows how many hours a week, is also a part-time law student, and has a family at home he barely gets to see. So to do nothing seems wrong. So I bought him a card. A cheesy, musical, Indiana Jones "you're a hero" card. Why? Because he LOVES that kind of stuff. He'd eat it up. And really, he's been instrumental in helping me get settled here. But when I told two of my colleagues I did it (also supervised by him), they were like, you're such a kiss ass. Maybe? Maybe not? I didn't buy it to be in his good graces. I simply bought it to say thanks and to let him know I appreciate all the work he does. I don't think that's out of line. Do you?
Thanks Hallmark for leaving me in this uncertainty...
Cheers.
When I worked at Kaplan many eons ago, I hated my boss so much I don't believe I acknowledged Boss's Day. (BTW, I'm more a fan of the term, "supervisor", than "boss". Boss seems so impersonal and well, bossy.) In any event, when I went to work at CBU after that, we did celebrate Boss's Day. More so out of fear that we'd face the wrath that we constantly sought to a avoid if we didn't give our Boss a card, a gift, whatever. So the admisisons gang always seemed to band together, throw in a few bones, and honor the person who could easily send us packing.
I didn't honor my supervisor the last two years as a grad student but the office did celebrate Boss's Day for our Director of the Center. He deserved it. We loved him. Made sense.
And now I'm here. A gift just seems like too much but to do nothing seems a litttle harsh. My supervisor works INCREDIBLY hard, works godonlyknows how many hours a week, is also a part-time law student, and has a family at home he barely gets to see. So to do nothing seems wrong. So I bought him a card. A cheesy, musical, Indiana Jones "you're a hero" card. Why? Because he LOVES that kind of stuff. He'd eat it up. And really, he's been instrumental in helping me get settled here. But when I told two of my colleagues I did it (also supervised by him), they were like, you're such a kiss ass. Maybe? Maybe not? I didn't buy it to be in his good graces. I simply bought it to say thanks and to let him know I appreciate all the work he does. I don't think that's out of line. Do you?
Thanks Hallmark for leaving me in this uncertainty...
Cheers.
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