# I told my boss to shave his legs **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 21, 2017, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-told-my-boss-to-shave-his-legs/780390 "2017-02-21T16:33:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-told-my-boss-to-shave-his-legs/780390/1 "2017-02-21T16:33:31Z")
He took it as well as can be expected. What happened was, I forwarded both my boss and my wife my updated itinerary for my return from a long business trip. Both of them replied to my message. On my phone, emails with the same subject line get clustered together and can make it hard to tell which message you’re replying to. My wife wrote back and said, “can’t wait to see you.” My boss wrote back “let’s catch up on Monday.” I meant to reply to my wife when I wrote: “Shave your legs and buy a bottle of bourbon!” but as you’ve guessed, I sent it to my boss instead. So I just got off a call with my boss, he said that while he’s up for having an old fashioned with me after work some time, he’s probably not going to shave his legs for the occasion. That seems reasonable. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-told-my-boss-to-shave-his-legs/780390/2 "2017-02-21T16:35:26Z")
His loss. He doesn’t know what he’s missing out on. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-told-my-boss-to-shave-his-legs/780390/3 "2017-02-21T16:35:55Z")
My boss is a woman, and I once almost accidentally typed “Got it” as “Go tit.” ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-told-my-boss-to-shave-his-legs/780390/4 "2017-02-21T16:37:17Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > My boss is a woman, and I once almost accidentally typed “Got it” as “Go tit.” Is she a cow orker? I once wrote to Colleague A that if I ever said I was engaging in another project with Colleague B, to kill me. Then I cc’ed it to Colleague B. He took it well, knowing he was a PITA to work with on his projects. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-told-my-boss-to-shave-his-legs/780390/5 "2017-02-21T17:13:36Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > His loss. He doesn’t know what he’s missing out on. You had the courage to say what we were all thinking. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-told-my-boss-to-shave-his-legs/780390/6 "2017-02-21T22:14:48Z")
Good thing you didn’t tell him to shave his lady parts. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-told-my-boss-to-shave-his-legs/780390/7 "2017-02-22T00:01:50Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Good thing you didn’t tell him to shave his lady parts. Hey my husband does a great erotic lady part shave on me =) Who knows what your boss and his wife are into =) ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-told-my-boss-to-shave-his-legs/780390/8 "2017-02-22T00:09:21Z")
I think it can be salvaged. Apologize, offer to buy the bourbon yourself, and maybe he’ll still shave for you. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-told-my-boss-to-shave-his-legs/780390/9 "2017-02-22T01:17:04Z")
Given how well he took it, you should end every text chain to him similarly. ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-told-my-boss-to-shave-his-legs/780390/10 "2017-02-23T21:27:26Z")
do you use Office 365? i _despise_ this way of grouping emails by subject. luckily, you can turn it off by going into “View” and unchecking the box for conversation view. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-told-my-boss-to-shave-his-legs/780390/11 "2017-02-23T22:10:06Z")
I once emailed my boss: “Go shove hot embers up your poop chute, you horse-toothed jackass.” But what I meant to say was “Go shove hot embers up you poop chute, you horse-_faced_ jackass.” Talk about embarrassing.