Oh Lou!

My boss cracks me up.  I have several bosses, but he is kind of the super-boss since he's the Dean of the department I work for.  Anyway, this is a typical conversation I have with him.

Dean:  What is your major again?

Me:  Media communication.

Dean:  So you can do power points?

Me:  Yes.  I can do power points.

Dean:  Can you make this power point look jazzy?

Me:  I think so.

Dean:  OK I need it by May 18th.

(. . . 10 minutes later . . . )

Dean:  Nevermind I changed the power point.

Me:  Did you send it to me?

Dean:  No.

Me:  OK.

Dean:  I guess I should send it to you.

Me:  I think so. 

( . . . Today, about a week later . . . )

Dean:  Come with me, let's talk to Lisa.

Me:  OK.

(go to Lisa's office)

Dean:  Lisa, her major is Media Technology and I want her to help with our website.

Lisa:  Oh!  Do you know HTML?

Me:  No.  I can make videos, and I can write.

Dean:  I think we can give her more hours this summer to help with the website.

Lisa:  OK.  I need help re-writing everything.  Do you know how to do search engine optimization?

Me:  No.

Dean:  But she can learn it!

Me:  Yes, I can learn it.

Lisa:  Great!

Dean:  She can do power point too!

( . . . another day . . . )

Dean:  Can you do Excel?

Me:  Kinda.  (I'm thinking some uber-difficult spreadsheet with a ton of formulas)

Dean:  Can you make this look better?

(he hands me a table of pre-requisites, no numbers involved)

Me:  Yes, I think I can make this look better.

(he makes me re-do it 4 times, each time changing something little like the width of a border)

Dean:  Your major is Mass Media, you should be able to do this! (laughs)

Me:  Yes, I should be able to do this.

One time I had to order him something out of a baseball catalogue.  He coaches a little league team and wanted this special bat thing that was about $50 bucks.  He said "order this, it gives free shipping" and gave me his credit card. However, in big letters on the front of the catalogue it said "FREE SHIPPING ON ORDERS OVER $200."  I waited about 10 minutes before I went into his office and told him.  He laughed and told me to order it anyway.

The best story ever:  One day I walked in there and he was on Facebook.