If wishes were fishes

Mike and I got to spend the afternoon with a president shouting in the room behind us and just generally throwing a tantrum because something was broken and not being fixed with the speed he knew* it could be.

Interesting things we overheard:

• "He stinks and he's useless!" - about our IT guy who breaks his back daily to keep that place in shape; I intend to make sure he hears this comment since I have him in the 'Who's Gonna Shoot Up the Office?" pool.


• "I could do it myself in five minutes!" - Bill referring to how his knowledge of telecommunications is more impressive than Verizon's


• "That's a lie! That's a lie! It should be done now!" - Bill on how new information he was being given had to be incorrect since some phonejockey gave him an off-the-cuff estimate two hours before that any resonable person, of course, would have taken as Word of God.


• "People all around this company are getting bonuses they don't deserve. We need to cut salaries and bonuses next year - across the board!" What can I say? The man knows how to encourage people to work harder. You don't have to be a genius to know that if you're going to make a statement like that, and even if it's true, you need to do it behind closed doors and away from the general employees. Moron.
  

* Note: knowledge in this case is not based on any fact, any suggestion made by someone who is an authority on the situation, or even the whisperings of a fairy or ghost - it is purely the whim of the man professing to have it.