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Problem: Do you have a boss who loves to drink coffee but tells you he's too busy to get it himself? So he expects you to be his coffee go-fer. If there's a coffee maker in the kitchen, he'll have you fetch him numerous cups throughout the day. Or he'll ask you to "run down the street" to get a name brand cup o' joe from a coffee cafe. Or, he's such a coffee-holic, he installs a coffee or espresso machine in his office...so you have to make the coffee, clean the pot and even "fluff" the milk to make the perfect cappuccino.

Solution: Buy one of those hats designed to hold two cans (usually of beer) on either side, with straws going directly to the mouth. Instead, put two covered cups of hot coffee in these holders and force your boss to wear the hat. If he isn't embarrassed by his ridiculous demands for you to constantly get him coffee, he shouldn't be embarrassed to wear a ridiculous hat!

 I've had co-workers send me out for pizza, snacks, reading materials, etc.  But the one "request" that I refused to fill was one that involved me putting a bag of popcorn into the microwave oven and bring it to him when it was done because he was too busy on the phone with a client to do it himself!!  So not only was he ordering me to prepare and serve his stupid popcorn, but he was going to eat it while on the phone with a client!!  The nerve of some folks!  

I love these comments about bosses demanding coffee, snacks and lunch.  There are other topics I vent about in my Office Avenger blog at http://officeavenger.blogspot.com. I hope you'll visit and get a few laughs as you let off steam!