Because of the movie, "The Devil Wears Prada," a lot of people have been talking about horrific bosses. It seems as if everyone has a story about a terrible boss that made going to work seem like a living hell.

Despite what you may think, I happen to believe that I'm a pretty good boss. Maybe some of my employees might disagree with that, but I doubt that they'd have the courage to tell me to my face.

In any event, they sure better not have entered me in the Bad Boss contest sponsored by the Working America web site. Some of those entries were absolutely unbelievable. There was the Scrooge boss who fired his employees by putting pink slips in their Christmas stockings. And the boss who fell asleep while giving his employees their performance reviews. That's almost as good as the school principal who wouldn't let one of her teachers get a broken arm fixed until the end of the school day. Or the boss who actually snatched paychecks from his employees' hands to rewrite them for lower amounts.

In any event, I'd say the stories of these people make me look pretty good. I realize for the first time in my life, I'm a very nice guy.

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