Fine art of training to be a manager

Good old joe
By Good old joe

An American Indian walked into a cafe with a shotgun in one hand and a bucket of buffalo manure in the other. He says to the waiter, 'Me want coffee.'

The waiter says, 'Sure chief, coming right up...'

He gets the American Indian a tall mug of coffee..., and he drinks it down in one gulp, picks up the bucket of manure, throws it into the air, blasts it with the shotgun, then just walks out.

The next morning he returns. He has his shotgun in one hand and a bucket of buffalo manure in the other.

He walks up to the counter and says to the waiter, 'Me want coffee.'

The waiter says, 'Whoa, Tonto! We're still cleaning up your mess from yesterday. What the heck was all that about, anyway?'

He smiles and proudly says, 'Me training for top management position: Come in, drink coffee, shoot some crap, leave mess for others to clean up, disappear for rest of the day...

By Typhoon-2012• 10 Oct 2012 13:20
Typhoon-2012

"We are going to continue having these meetings, everyday, until I find out why no work is getting done".

By azilana7037• 9 Oct 2012 22:56
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azilana7037

arabic/english speaker for the Sales/Leasing Team.

Property management department will/may open early next year. We're a small company so I'm doing the HR, as well :)

By mimiloves2sing• 9 Oct 2012 22:27
mimiloves2sing

Azilana,

Is he hiring....;p. I have property management and HR skills btw...

Thx OP, that was a great post, and I hear very true for most managers here....under qualified, vway under......and over paid.

Good night all.

By azilana7037• 9 Oct 2012 22:05
azilana7037

but I don't have that title....I don't even paid like one...why?

Must be the (color of/flag on) my passport :)

But I got a Boss who's a great employer/sponsor and his family treats me well. :)

By mnm338621• 9 Oct 2012 21:12
mnm338621

@ Typhoon....so true

By Typhoon-2012• 9 Oct 2012 19:54
Typhoon-2012

Most of what we call managers and management consists of making it more difficult then it already is for people to get their work done.

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