# What movie boss is like your boss? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 15, 2005, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-boss-is-like-your-boss/294625 "2005-03-15T12:26:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-boss-is-like-your-boss/294625/1 "2005-03-15T12:26:01Z")
I would have to say that I’ve had a **Bill Lumburgh** boss in my past. > [@](#): > > 1. Andrew Shepherd, “The American President.” > Friendly, popular but can sometimes make things difficult. > > 2. Obi-Wan Kenobi, “Star Wars.” > Wise, loyal and always there for guidance. > > 3. Bill Lumbergh, “Office Space.” > Evil boss who loves tormenting employees and making them work weekends. > > 4. Coach Norman Dale, “Hoosiers.” > Uses brash, unconventional tactics to motivate to success. > > 5. Franklin Hart, “9 to 5.” > “Sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot.” > > 6. Katherine Parker, “Working Girl.” > Back-stabbing boss who steals your ideas and passes them off as her own. > > 7. Bernie Lomax, “Weekend at Bernie’s.” > A crook who’s out to get rid of you. > > 8. Dr. Evil, “Austin Powers” > Has two obsessions: himself and total world domination. > > 9. Cruella De Vil, “101 Dalmatians” > Rich, powerful and so mean she’d kill puppies. > > 10. Gordon Gekko, “Wall Street” > Unfriendly workaholic who expects the same from you. I think there is some room in my boss-past for some Dabney Coleman, as well. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-boss-is-like-your-boss/294625/2 "2005-03-15T14:21:23Z")
I’ve had Obi-wan, Gekko, and Cruella. But is there anything for my current boss? He’s whiny, ineffectual, and refuses to actually \*\*do \*\* anything, because then he couldn’t whine about it. ---
**Author:** ![dare\_devil007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@dare\_devil007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dare_devil007)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-boss-is-like-your-boss/294625/3 "2005-03-15T14:23:53Z")
My mother is the only boss I’ve ever heard and she’s like Obi-Wan, Cruella, Gekko and Lumbergh all mashed into one. I still love her. ---
**Author:** ![dare\_devil007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@dare\_devil007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dare_devil007)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-boss-is-like-your-boss/294625/4 "2005-03-15T14:26:10Z")
Oy, that should be “…I’ve ever _had_…” :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-boss-is-like-your-boss/294625/5 "2005-03-15T14:30:07Z")
I have to admit, my current boss is like a female Obi-Wan Kenobi. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-boss-is-like-your-boss/294625/6 "2005-03-15T14:32:21Z")
“Um, yeah. I’m gonna need you to go ahead and come in on Saturday.” Except my boss is more nasal, if you can possibly imagine. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-boss-is-like-your-boss/294625/7 "2005-03-15T17:30:56Z")
Y’know the old saying, " You learn more from a bad boss than a good one." ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-boss-is-like-your-boss/294625/8 "2005-03-15T18:14:03Z")
I have two bosses right now. Combined, they are Franklin Hart. One is a creepy sexist - always staring me directly in the boobs or crotch, without trying to hide it. He even had the nerve to use ‘rectify’ in a sentence then asked me if I knew what ‘rectify’ meant! Dude, I’m your Controller! I made it past 8th grade! The other one is the biggest asshole on the face of the earth. No one likes him or respects him and he’s generally just mean to everyone. He’s also paranoid that everyone is out to ‘screw him’. He’s truly psychotic. So, Franklin Hart plus psychotic paranoia. Fun, eh? ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-boss-is-like-your-boss/294625/9 "2005-03-15T18:23:43Z")
Charlie. He doesn’t call me “Angel,” but I only ever hear him as a voice over the phone, because he’s based on the other side of the country from where I actually work. He once visited this site after I started working here, and he had stopped to talk to someone in the corridor right outside my office. I heard them and thought “Wow, that guy sounds really familiar.” I went out to check and found out who it was. I had passed him several times earlier in the day and had no idea. He didn’t look anything like I expected. He’s not evil, though, as far as I know.