What if you don't want to give your horrible boss a gift? Perhaps you should give yourself one.
Those who just want to forget they have a bad boss for a while may want to spend Bosses Day at home, advised Marilyn Haight, author of Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Boss?
You can take a personal or a sick day and skip it altogether. You can go to the beach, veg out at home or search for a new, nicer boss.
Said Haight: "Could the message be any clearer? Especially if a half-million people stay home on Bosses Day. Besides if they're not present, they can spare themselves more angst."
Firing an employee is never easy. But these horror stories teach the following: Always be polite and professional when giving an employee the boot. And if the person getting fired starts to lose it, duck.
