Once upon a time worked for a boss that was completely off his head. Temper tantrums, causing senseless trouble, that sort of thing. But at least you would always know where you stood with him because he was consistent and messed everyone about. One of the apprentices was convinced he was out to get him. He couldn’t afford to change his job because he had a girlfriend with a new born and lived in a bed-sit. Well at the Christmas party in a nearby local pub, I fired a serious amount of beer down him and endlessly wound him up about how much the boss hated him and how he should just get over there and put him out of his misery. I never expecting him to do anything about it. Suddenly the apprentice got up, calmly walked over to the boss and without any warning knocked him clean out. One punch and his lights were out. Then calmly walked back to our table and said; “Oh well, new job in the new year it is then”. Well, as it happened the only people to see him do it was the lads on our table and the secretary. At the time the boss was standing by the bar boring the pants of the secretary with how amazing and how wealth he was and she had already lost the will to live, so wasn’t really sure what she saw. She just held his body while she lowered him down to the ground. Then called some of the managers claiming that the boss has just passed out. They called an ambulance and the boss spend several days in a private hospital having loads of tests while they tried to figure out why he suddenly passed out. Happy days!!!
