i_r_machinist
Titanium
- Joined
- Apr 12, 2007
- Location
- Dublin Texas
My foreman and I have been having a communication problem with our new supervisor. If we don't agree with what he says, he takes it as a challenge and takes it personally. One of our brighter engineers came in and was informed of the problem. He immediately identified the problem as the "Stupid Chair Syndrome". Its something our engineers have been dealing with for years. It goes like this;
You have what you believe is a great idea.
You tell your boss your great idea.
Your boss does not like the idea and thinks your stupid.
You try another approach at selling your idea.
Your boss gets pissed off and believes you are wasting his time.
You keep trying to sell the idea.
The first rule of the stupid chair is that you cannot help that person in the chair. If you try to help him by chiming in, you are immediately placed in the stupid chair.
The only thing you can do as a bystander is work the codeword "biscuit" into the conversation. Once you hear the word "biscuit", immediately stop talking.
Unfortunately, I had the opportunity to use the codeword this morning, and it worked. I'll go pass the info to the welders here in a bit. I'm not sure if this was something the engineer was taught in college or they just came up with it in that department.
Anybody else do this?
We have yet to reach the apex of stupidity, but it is not for lack of effort.
have fun
i_r_
You have what you believe is a great idea.
You tell your boss your great idea.
Your boss does not like the idea and thinks your stupid.
You try another approach at selling your idea.
Your boss gets pissed off and believes you are wasting his time.
You keep trying to sell the idea.
The first rule of the stupid chair is that you cannot help that person in the chair. If you try to help him by chiming in, you are immediately placed in the stupid chair.
The only thing you can do as a bystander is work the codeword "biscuit" into the conversation. Once you hear the word "biscuit", immediately stop talking.
Unfortunately, I had the opportunity to use the codeword this morning, and it worked. I'll go pass the info to the welders here in a bit. I'm not sure if this was something the engineer was taught in college or they just came up with it in that department.
Anybody else do this?
We have yet to reach the apex of stupidity, but it is not for lack of effort.
have fun
i_r_