77. Shit I want to say at Work: Goodjob robot

Shit I want to say at Work: "Did you ever take a Managerial Course?"


I imagine it was a day long seminar and the only takeaway point that you remember was to periodically tell your employees that they're doing a good job. But I think you missed the point. 


Saying Good job whenever you walk by me does not constitute as "positive reinforcement"; it doesn't make me feel good about what I do.
When I ask 'what for' and you don't have a response...yeah


So far this month you've told me good job as I was:
cleaning my desk,------------------------ good job
organizing my folders, ------------------------good job
headed to the bathroom,---------------------good job
answering the telephone,---------------------good job
finding a lost case file,------------------------good job
changing the radio station, ------------------good job
knowing where the phonebook was,------good job
eating my lunch,------------------------------good job
starring at my computer screen,-----------good job
filling my bottle at the water cooler, ------good job

It's always the same. Same words, same inflection, same cadence.
Here's some advise, save those same 10 fake good jobs with the one that's genuine, just the one when it was well deserved with that lost file and recognized that I went out of my way and saved your ass and truly did do a good job. You don't have to say anything more, the good job would be enough if I knew that you meant it.