Best Boss Ever?

[Drake]

So I'm pretty sure a lot of us have worked at a job at sometime or another and chances are you had someone in charge of what you did, right? Well, it often seems like your boss is only there to kick up their feet on their desk, boss you around, and then shout some when production drops or you're 1 minute late coming back from break.

But this topic ain't about those people. Basically I'd like to hear some stories about bosses, leaders, or authority figures who have made the job easier for their employees and maybe even inspired them in their daily lives.

Obviously, I'm gonna go first since this is MY topic. I worked at a theme park this year for summer. Still am working there at the time of this post as a matter of fact and my area manager's left to go back to college.

I've never really liked managers. Don't get me wrong, I don't think they're all lazy beatniks who are just waiting to catch you doing something wrong, but I never really connected with any of them.

This guy I'm gonna miss though. We pretty much all started the job together and learned as we went. We sucked the first few weeks, but we got our act together and even made team of the week.  

He was sensitive to the needs of the team and was often walking around our area. I talked to him probably more than most of the other employees and he always made time to listen to my rambling on about my writing projects. I kind of wish I'd asked him a few questions and gotten to know him better...

He really appreciated all the extra hours I put in, even if I myself wasn't too keen on all the extra work I'd unwittingly gotten myself stuck doing. I kinda wish I hadn't been quite so resitant all those times now.

Anyway, that's my example. A guy who took a bunch of strangers just together for a summer job and turned 'em into a family of coworkers. The entire team's going to miss him and well we should.