Bosses? I've had a few
* Camp-as-knickers head of department in a secondary school. Married to the head of maths, a nice woman. Used to mince through the corridor and make exaggerated flourishes with his hands. Came out a few months after I'd left. His son attended that school.

* Head of department in next school. Paranoid, divisive, utterly incompetent as a people manager and bitter; loathed the guts of one of the other teachers and warned me not to speak to her (turned out she just hated the head of department for being an grossly incompetent irrational fucktard). Had a fake arm. Clearly promoted beyond her competence and consequently spent her time berating/aggreiving/undermining/pissing off her staff.

* Bar manager. Lesbian. Named Angela, given the nickname "Flangela". Didn't like you if you were male and straight so that was me fucked, even though I was the best barman there (although turning up drunk, giving away free drinks, and pouring the odd vodka into my soda water might not have helped).

* Shoe shop assistant manager. She was 19, but her parents had told her that she could have a big 21st birthday party. So her days were spent writing out the guest lists, or, if anyone had annoyed her, scrubbing their name off the list and writing out a new one. I hated her.

* Current boss: helpful, backs her staff up when they need it, can take a joke, wants the best for and from everyone. A genuinely nice person and an all-round good egg. My best boss thus far (in 12 years of work). She's a good 'un.
(McChinaman banned, Mon 22 Jun 2009, 16:08, Reply)