# The downside of being the boss... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 29, 2006, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-downside-of-being-the-boss/374606 "2006-09-29T14:46:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-downside-of-being-the-boss/374606/41 "2006-10-01T19:04:16Z")
[QUOTE=GingerOfTheNorth] So, you bringin’ him down here with ya? [/QUOTE] To Baltimore? I don’t think so, since we’re not “dating,” as **elbows** was kind enough to clarify. To the boards? I must admit, I would have to think long and hard about whether to introduce someone whose function in my life was, um, functional to this particular playground. ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-downside-of-being-the-boss/374606/42 "2006-10-02T01:50:10Z")
Twicks, Glad to hear you’re having a nice trip to Prague! Autumn is always wonderful in Prague, so I hear. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-downside-of-being-the-boss/374606/43 "2006-10-02T12:03:28Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Mid-tryst report – he not only bought me dinner, he didn’t blink when I ordered the \*large[/soda] with dinner. [/QUOTE] I can’t believe you’d stop mid-tryst to tell about what size soda you ordered. That could have waited till morning. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-downside-of-being-the-boss/374606/44 "2006-10-02T12:47:20Z")
In my defense, that was 9:00 AM Sunday, not 9:00 PM Saturday. Saturday evening we were pretty busy – aside from the “refueling and replenishing precious bodily fluids” break. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-downside-of-being-the-boss/374606/45 "2006-10-02T13:18:51Z")
Well, of course he didn’t blink when you ordered the large soda. That meant you’d do that you know, _special_ thing he likes so much later. 😃 What? The larger the dinner bill the more… oh, y’all know! ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-downside-of-being-the-boss/374606/46 "2006-10-02T13:21:29Z")
You mean if she orders the most expensive thing on the menu, she’ll have to ‘put out’ later? Sounds like she was planning on putting out anyway. 😉 I just hope she got some lobster or a nice t-bone and some creme brulee to go with that large soda. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-downside-of-being-the-boss/374606/47 "2006-10-02T13:51:44Z")
Mmm, creme brulee. [/Homer Simpson, in a parallel universe] ---
**Author:** ![934spe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/90db22/32.png) [@934spe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/934spe)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-downside-of-being-the-boss/374606/48 "2006-10-03T20:00:35Z")
[QUOTE=BiblioCat] Sounds like she was planning on putting out anyway. 😉 [/QUOTE] Those are the best kind of dates… It takes the ackwardness out of it.. Should I hold her hand or not? Should I kiss her or not?.. When you know the outcome of the date is already planned, it leaves you free to be yourself… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-downside-of-being-the-boss/374606.md?page=2)