Had a manager who would shoot the bullshit with me for our one-on-one time. I open about my life, he never pushed, but he genuinely wanted to make sure his people were doing OK. Guy that replaced him went straight to business and was hella uncomfortable talking about anything else. Not that his personality sucked, but he believed in working every second of the day. Talk about whiplash.

Exchange line 6 for “Su-u-ure. I bet you can’t walk away from my desk without asking me to do something.”

A clever manager would go away and come back in 10 minutes with twice as much “urgent” work as previously and no pretence, but it would be funny for those 10 minutes.

This is spot on to my every work day.