Scant few would have received that more welcomed token of approval and appreciation that all work... What kind of boss do you h

Those that did will no doubt look forward to Bosses' Day on Friday, while the rest of us will daydream about choosing this day to toss our resignations onto his desk with casual indifference as we saunter out, to become bosses of our own destiny.

Surely the most entertaining boss must be the one who has come up through the ranks, devoid of any vision or talent, but by ingratiating himself with his superiors.

The motto of this boss would be: If your superior asks you whether the staff toilets need painting, you ask him what colour he would like you to paint it in!

These corporate incompetents use the innovative management tool of throwing their toys to get what they want out of their staff and tantrums and rages are the norm of your working environment.

Such bosses are obsessed with convincing the world that their position was achieved on merit and so spend every waking moment in the company, labouring on from dawn to dusk and expecting all their subordinates to do the same.

This "hip and happening" juvenile usually entered corporate management early on in life and sits on a pedestal that his workers have to respect and pay homage to daily, as they worship at the altar of his genius.

Playing on the emotions, they extract the maximum while paying a pittance, hoping that by sheer force of personality they will dazzle their unsuspecting victims.

Workers are only human after all, and need to feel wanted and worthy, so these pseudo-psychologists are able to delude us so effectively that common sense is grossly impaired.

Some of us will even find ourselves coming in after hours to help out, with the promise of a cheap bottle of perfume at the Christmas party as reward.

Still, we all have the benefit of choice and, if we choose to work for this charmer for nothing, then we should not complain but rather look to others who are suffering worse fates.

These poor managers are usually late for appointments, continuously on their cellphones brokering deals that will never come to fruition, miss their deadlines for which their subordinates become the scapegoat and have relationships of such acrimony with their staff that often tempers have to be soothed and firearms pried away from irate staff members before they are led away to therapy.

Meanwhile, the boss remains oblivious to the pandemonium he has caused, already deep in the throes of the next crisis. He is only superseded in irritation value by the boss who manages by osmosis.

The silence of this boss can drive anyone to distraction as workers are expected to anticipate his every wish without him verbalising, as humans were meant to do.

Meanwhile, he hides behind the locked doors of his office, citing the pressure of work to explain away his uncommunicative nature and poor people skills.

Still, we have survived and lived to laugh another day at yet another incompetent lording it over us, hoping that his come-uppance takes place in that very special place one day ... the one with the hot coals and tar pits.

These bosses have bought into the philosophy that the greatest resource that a company has are its workers and they should be lauded and appreciated on this Bosses Day.

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