Waiting In Vegas

Last night I invented an awesome new way to annoy my manager.

At 12:28 I walked up to him with a notepad in my hand and asked him the time. I jotted it down along with “Paul standing by the bar.” I showed him the pad of paper and told him I was going to record his every movement. He laughed and told me I was insane. I left shortly afterward.

Tonight was miserably slow so I had plenty of time (actually too much time) to track my manager’s every move. At first I recorded his actions by walking by him and waving the notepad in his face. He just shook his head and laughed. Eventually, I decided it would be more scientific to just record everything covertly and recap it for him at the end of my shift. Unfortunately, after four hours I got too busy to keep track of him closely but the below notes should give you a good idea of what he did for the first half of my shift.

6:45-6:52 Talking to another manager in the back
6:53-6:59 Standing at the hostess stand
7:06-7:11 Standing by the cashier
7:11-7:28 Unaccounted for, I couldn’t find him anywhere. I assume he was taking a giant shit in the casino bathroom.
7:28-7:35 Leaning against the bar
7:32 Picked up a piece of trash off the floor and went back to the bar
7:36-7:42 In the walk-in
7:44-7:56 In the office
7:46 Answers phone
7:50 Looks for something frantically in the filing cabinet
7:55 Argues loudly with a busser about the shortage of towels
8:00-8:09 Leans against the wall
8:09-8:13 Standing at the hostess stand
8:13-8:20 Standing behind the bar
8:20-8:24 Standing near the expo station
8:29-8:35 In the office
8:37-8:42 Leaning against the wall
8:42-unknown Expediting at the expo station
10:15-unknown doing inventory, ordering supplies

At the end of my shift I read the notes to him and asked him what the email address to corporate was.

If you are looking for a new way to fuck with a cool boss then I would highly recommend the above method. My advice is to not inform them beforehand though. Just surprise them with it at the end of your shift.