Disney Boss for a Day

[Plumenom]

most of you know me, but, i am using my "pen name" for this thread to solicite ideas for what you would do as "Disney Boss for a Day".

To raise funds for Hurrican Relief (proceeds go to the Red Cross) my office will be auctioning off managers to the higgest bidders.

thats right, my boss will be at my beckon call during four glorious hours should i win the high bid. lunch at my choice of Napa Rose, Blue Bayou or Yamabuki's is included.

within Disney standards and policy's of course, what ideas do you have for meaninless and mundane tasks to have my "secretary" do for four hours.

i'm thinking shuffling a deck of cards for me while i play poker with my feet on the bosses desk.

rolling me in my chair around the office .

making me a cup of coffee, that never seems to be good enough.

some sort of office scavenger hunt.

cleaning my desk and computer screen.

making 100 paper dots using a hole punch.


how 'bout some clever and develish ideas from you :evil:

[Prudence]

Printing many copies of a large manual....and then collating them by hand?

[Plumenom]

to clarify:

the cost of lunch is being picked up by the office and not taken from donation to the Red Cross.

[Gn2Dlnd]

Ice cream social for your co-workers with boss as scooper.

Call each of the three restaurants anonymously (having to go through the hideous disney dine phone system) and find out what each one offers for birthdays. Ask each one of them to put together a menu that fits within your spending allotment. What can they do in the way of low-carb? Low-fat? Vegetarian? Allergic to fillintheblank. Ask them if tip is based on the amount before or after discount. Before or after service charge? Is a service charge a tip? How about an administration fee?

Track down a rainbow Mickey antenna ball for your friend, the Commodore.

See if you can invite Asimo to lunch.

See if you can replace your "secretary" with Asimo.

Start forming next year's canoe team. Price t-shirts.

Answer each call with "Who rang that bell?" Finish each phone call with, "Nobody sees the Great (insert your name here), not nobody, not no-how!"

Install an office aquarium.

Offer hot towels to co-workers.

Solve whatever has been the most annoying office problem that never seems to get fixed.

Take the day off.

[Morrigoon]

Solve whatever has been the most annoying office problem that never seems to get fixed.

:snap:

[Betty]

Clean the toilets.

Wash windows.

Clean out the fridge of it's old, icky items.

Drop the dots from a paper punch on the floor and demand that each be picked up by hand.

Get the things that have fallen between the desk and the wall - somehow.

Lick envelopes for something... lots of them.

:)

[SacTown Chronic]

Have the boss give you a Brazilian bikini wax.

[Motorboat Cruiser]

I suppose taking him for a ride on the Matterhorn is out of the question?

[MickeyLumbo]

have him or her go have your car washed.

[Moonliner]

Manager eh?

Get a copy of the last MouseAdventures, give it to him/her and say: Go!

Hilarity ensues...

[Crystal]

Choose several t-shirt ideas from the gay days thread, purchase red t-shirts and insist that he/she has them screenprinted for all of your friends on the LOT.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Delint your suit.

Prepare and afternoon tea.

Decorate your office walls with post-it note art.

Compose all memo notes as haikus.

[DisneyDaniel]

Assign your boss to do your job, so he/she will realize what it's like to be in your shoes.

Have everyone transfer bad/irate customer calls to your boss for him/her to handle.

Ask your boss to take lunch orders from the entire office and have him/her pick-up and bring back the food, too. Your co-workers will love you for this, but they still have to pay for their own lunches.

[wendybeth]

Assign your boss to do your job, so he/she will realize what it's like to be in your shoes.

Have everyone transfer bad/irate customer calls to your boss for him/her to handle.

Ask your boss to take lunch orders from the entire office and have him/her pick-up and bring back the food, too. Your co-workers will love you for this, but they still have to pay for their own lunches.

What he said.

More bosses need to actually do what they want their employees to do. Too many don't serve their time before moving up, and it shows in their treatment of the employees and the customers. (Or guests).

[Plumenom]

well, i was the high bidder.


boss for the day wasn't quite what i expected however. i actually had to WORK as if i was the boss.

it began with my "administrative assistant" (the real boss) being 15 minutes late and having to explain "Presenteeism" and impose some discipline.

a special attache case was presented to me with hidden treasures inside. a very special dayplanner, a beautifully boxed gold company pen, memo's, reports, personal items and a copy of the morning newspaper. coffee and a bagel with cream cheese was brought to my new office desk, complete with a sign with my new title and name.

i was quickly transitioned into my day's agenda and as it turned out, had time for only one bite out of that bagel.

before an urgent management meeting that i was rushed into, i had dozens of emails to contend with.

personnel issues developed throughout the morning and had me hoping around trying to deal with them- or quickly learn about company policies regarding harrassment, someone needing to leave their shift early or working next to a stinky co-worker.

meetings created more meetings with email and memo follow-ups. the blackberry vibrated throughout the day - alerting me to a variety of privileged information.

there was one meeting that was pretty cool... a personal lesson on Texas Hold-Em... just prior to a "Board Meeting" featuring a game of poker. the winner chose the lunch location...and soon, transportation arrived to take me in style to a table waiting at Blue Bayou. an extended lunch was enjoyable and picked up on the company dime. (thanks mike.)


the day turned out a far cry from being rolled around in an office chair and i certainly earned my pay.

the best part of the day was choosing to present the donation to the Humane Society to support the rescue of animals effected by the hurricanes.


and i learned i don't wanna be the boss.

[wendybeth]

Managing other people is not a job for me, either. I'm very self-motivated, and I have no patience for whiners and babies. I truly admire good managers, because it's a tough, often thankless job, and any manager who can remain fair mined and even handed over the years is worth their weight in churros.

Cool that you won the bid, though!:snap: