"You can talk to your girlfriends, your boss, your secretary.
"So you can boss your house around," Mr. Brier said, "turning on lights or opening drapes without lifting a finger".
Your company hires an outsider to grill your boss, your staff and perhaps even your spouse on the shortcomings (and strengths) of your behaviour.
One option is to invite your immediate boss, your assistant, those in your department, and/or those with whom you are closest.
You're probably Facebook friends with your loving husband and mother, perhaps your boss, your husband's friends, distant relatives and co-workers.
FORWARD IT If the message is better handled by someone else — your boss, your sister, anyone but you — send it off to that person, then archive it.
Pogue sagely advised, "Especially when your boss, your parents or your love interest is the recipient of your e-mail or text message, it's worth taking an extra moment to proofread".
At that breakfast meeting last week, when you made that snide joke about your boss, your co-worker's smartphone, innocuously sitting on the table, was recording everything you said.
As far as you can see, the police are not protecting and serving you, they are coming at you like just another street gang trying to boss your postcode.
I call my son out as being bossy all the time – "Don't boss your sister around" – and I am sure I will equally do so with my daughter if she exhibits the same trait.
Instead of teachers or parents, imagine getting your own back on your boss, your MP, that arsehole who blocked you on Twitter, or any of those tourists who stood on the left on that escalator and made you miss your train home.
