coping with a bad boss theme
Someone copes with a boss who makes their work or life at the workplace difficult.
Examples
Riker had a rough go of it working under the command of the no-nonsense Captain Jellico in tng6x10 "Chain of Command, Part I".
40 total · 3 choice · 16 major · 21 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) | choice | Captain Bligh was a brutal tyrant who routinely prescribed harsh punishment for officers and crew alike. He was also corrupt and had misappropriated supplies that were meant for the welfare of his crew. |
| rbt1985e2x10 | choice | Terwilliger, a stop-motion animator, was driven to his wits' end by the tyrannical producer, Mr. Clarence. The animator decided to get revenge by crafting a tyrannical T-Rex in the producer's image, and cast it as a villain in the very film that the produced had commissioned him to make. |
| tng6x10 | choice | Riker :: Riker among others at Jellico |
| as1985e2x01 | major | Lois was bullied by her unsympathetic boss Haggerty at the diner. She eventually quit. In the end, the boss got what he had coming to him when he chanced upon a mysterious ring that Herbert had wisely discarded. |
| blackmirror7x06 | major | A recurring theme was the mean way by which James Walton treated his employees. He insulted them at every turn and generally treated them like dirt. Kabir quit in protest. |
| ds94x16 | major | Rom with Quark |
| futurama2x02 | major | Kif had to put up with Brannigan. Fry and Bender saw Leela as a task master and mutinied against her with the help of Brannigan. |
| nightgallery1x06a | major | Randolph's boss neglected to treat him with dignity. |
| rd1988e2x05 | major | The crew were exasperated when the new no-nonsense Red Dwarf ship computer, Queeg 500, put the crew through the ringer. |
| tftc1989e2x16 | major | The television crew generally hated their arrogant, over-bearing star, Horton Rivers. |