Employee Puts Toxic Boss in Place by Doing Exactly What He Asked, Even Though He Knew It Would Put the Company's Work in Jeopardy

At some point in our lives, and somewhere along the path of our employment journey, we sometimes realize that some people in higher positions at our jobs are actually just plain incompetent and don't know what they are doing. Many individuals share stories online about realizing they are working for incompetent bosses, and it's quite unfair that these bosses are paid more while the employees who actually do the work receive only a fraction of their salary.

Working for a company can often be toxic, and honestly, it's usually those who say, "We're like a family here!" that create the worst work environments. There are individuals who seem to believe they are above everyone else—well, technically they are because they hold higher positions, but it seems their pride and ego have inflated as well.

There are nice bosses who inspire their employees to work hard and responsibly; they are humble enough to accept suggestions and admit when they are wrong. Then there are those who think the world revolves around them and that everyone should cower in their presence simply because they run the company. Yes, it is the employees' responsibility to maintain respect at all times, but if the bosses are already crossing the line, then it's a whole different story.

Some bosses believe they are right about absolutely everything, and there's no sweeter way to confront them with the truth than by letting them dig their own grave...

An employee smugly put their unqualified boss in place because they were tired of his micromanagement tendencies.

But instead of just quitting the job, they seized the perfect opportunity to devise a plan for revenge that would demonstrate to everyone in the company how dreadfully unqualified their boss is.

He worked with the catalogs and was responsible for mail sales. This was before the Internet boom.

They had to send their catalogs through a mailing service—because emails were just not a thing yet back then.

They had to manually handle everything, from sorting the catalogs to obtaining the required permits.

Now, here's where the story begins: a new boss was hired at the company as a favor to a friend from the higher-ups. He micromanaged everything right from the very start of his tenure and questioned everything the employees did.

Note that computers were still pretty much non-existent in offices during the setting of this story posted by OP. So everything had to be done with double the effort without the aid of technology.

OP had to manually handle almost everything.

Naturally, time was always tight.

He complained to the owner about the time constraints but failed to reach a compromise. So he decided to discuss it with the new boss, whom he referred to as Ron, but was met with a much ruder response.

The situation arose as summer was approaching.

And guess what? Because he thought he was right about everything, he asked OP to remove the "ugly permit box" because, in his eyes, it was unnecessary.

He had no idea that it was actually needed.

OP subtly asked him to initial the changes.

He knew what was coming, but he let the new boss discover the consequences for himself, since OP technically followed exactly what he asked.

And yes, the catalogs couldn't be mailed. The new boss got angry.

But he couldn't exactly blame anyone else because it was his fault in the first place.

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Now they're angry at OP. Like, really, really angry.

OP, on the verge of being fired, explained what happened.

50,000—that's enough to make our hands fall off!

As it turns out, what the boss did cost the company around $200K in total.

Fortunately, OP documented everything because they said goodbye to the new boss soon after that.

Take a look at people's reactions below:

People who used to work in the mailing business pre-Internet era also chimed in.

It's a habit many people should learn to adopt, honestly.

The boss messed up, that's what.

Indeed!

That would have been so satisfying.

Maybe it's because they were immediately placed in the boss position.

Something to live by.

It's definitely satisfying to see people with such big egos get put in their place. Some individuals, even if they run a company, just need a lesson in humility and to learn that it won't kill them to have some passion and understanding of how people and things work.

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