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Help! My boss is nuts

In their own words, Stanleybing.com readers talk about the bullies, narcissists and other crazy bosses they spend their working days with.

A reader from Alabama writes:

I am from England and worked for a Solicitor (Attorney) in a large law firm. I was able to turn out a far amount of work - they had to replace me with two people when I left.

I used to work for one of the junior partners. He was a bit of a nerd who thought I should be tied to my desk and if I wasn't he would go in search of me, even to the point of hanging outside the ladies restroom and knocking on the door calling my name. Of course I didn't respond to him and all the other woman would tell him I wasn't in there when I was but this type of behavior was unacceptable in my opinion given my performance.
Last updated August 20 2008: 4:45 PM ET
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