Strange "bosses"

[Mattski]

Funny thing; I didn't ask him for photos but he pulled out his phone and showed me a photo of "his old fiancee".

It was obviously a proper photoshoot job. Hiiiiighly suspicious.

[original PM]

Funny thing; I didn't ask him for photos but he pulled out his phone and showed me a photo of "his old fiancee".

It was obviously a proper photoshoot job. Hiiiiighly suspicious.

Probably downloaded from brides r us!

[OwlHoot]

I have no idea if he's on here. Guess time will tell!

Pretty much. He is a nice guy, not an arsehole at all, but he reminds me of someone else I used to work with who once claimed he helped out his mate by taking her virginity. There are some seriously weird folk out there it seems..

He sounds to me like a right Walter Mitty character.

Does he by any chance call people "cretins" a lot?

[fullyautomatix]

He sounds to me like a right Walter Mitty character.

Does he by any chance call people "cretins" a lot?

Most likely the master behind this obvious sockie.

[tractor]

.....

So I work in a team of 9. The team lead / Agile scrum master planner kanban card carrying maniac is also a contractor.

Bossman has been coming up with some very unlikely sounding stories lately. Highlights, with some details slightly changed, include:

- How he was set to marry his Asian fiancee but her dad had ties to organised crime so he bailed
- How he knows how to profile people and manipulate them into doing what he wants them do using this knowledge (which, he claims, is how he ended up with his wife)
- How he's training in a Asian gang-developed fighting style in a place he found somewhere in Wales

I've spoken discreetly to others on the team and they're all of the opinion that he's hard work. He's antagonised others in the past so has a reputation for the wrong reasons. He's like an overenthusiastic child who's fallen down the stairs maybe one time too many...

Anyone else got any experiences like this? How do you deal with them? I'm figuring on nodding, smiling and keeping my head down. That should do it. Unless he five-finger death punches me or something.

• Call Crimestoppers, tell them you think he's been attending terrorist training camps in Wales.
  
• Apply for his role after they cart him away.

Job done.

[jmo21]

I've met plenty of odd balls like this in my time.

People are weird/stupid/normal/dicks (delete as appropriate).