I think the last line was simply making a point: Good bosses aren't just talk. They agreed they needed to go out and touch base with their employees so one of them went to do just that.
I think a big part of the problem is what the third speaker said, "Most of my bosses wanted to hear good news no matter what." Sometimes we simply thought we could handle it on our own or think that we're expected to do so rather than 'whine' to the boss. But the people who don't want to hear it are the biggest problem.
It's not just restricted to bosses either. Teachers, doctors, etc. You run into a lot of people who'll say that they want to help you only to punish you for asking for it long before you actually get a job.
Sharonof GA1:23PM November 30, 2009
This is a great article...until the last line, the one that begins with "Speaking of that..." ....leave the attempts at humor to someone who is truly funny...your job in this article is not to be funny, and fella, you ain't ...
Davidof FL9:14PM November 29, 2009
In the 90's I worked for a large corporation which I shall not identify except to say that at the time their headquarters were on Peachtree Street in Atlanta and their best known product went "Ring Ring" and you picked it up and said "Hello?"
Our small company within the larger corporation had had so many people in charge that someone had bumper stickers made up that said "Honk if You Haven't been President of BIS." For a while we had a really dynamic guy in charge, one with so many good ideas and so much ability and charm that he was moved up the corporate ladder and we got Dismal Dan in his place.
My most vivid memory of DD was when the company threw a morale building ice cream social. DD strode through the middle of the gathering, eyes glued to some document, never missing a step and never meeting an eye. We parted like the Red Sea and no one spoke a word.
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