Have you ever wished that you could be The Invisible Man; omnipresent but never seen? Wake up! Make it happen today! Act like the revolving door your pestiferous cat uses to come in and out of the house... be that door!

It goes something like this:

An inferior: "Can you give me a raise?"

You: "I'll have to ask the Boss upstairs, you know, company policy and all that."

You (to superior): "That whining lazy piece of s#%*&@ says he want a raise again, would you believe it? I'm going to tell him no but I expect you you to cover me, together we'll make him sing another tune, eh? By the way, how are your wife and children...?"

You (later): "Sorry, he said no; against my advice off course but eh, what can you do, he's the Boss." (FLIP)

and

A superior: "Can you get them to do project X?"

You: "Okay".

You (to inferiors): "Sorry guys, the Boss is at it again: he wants you to do Project X, couldn't talk him out of it, no matter how I tried. Well, make the best of it, I'll cover you, OK?" (FLAP)

(Jacco Mokveld)