The regional manager for Triangle Rent A Car (I worked there before Enterprise bought us out). I once got a 15 minute lecture because a tire on a Chevy Suburban was at 32 PSI instead of the recommended 30. He was the most patronizing and aggressive manager I've seen. There was literally rejoicing in the … Read more
Well, there was maybe just this one time...
I was working for a Japanese company and stuffed up. The boss came to see me and said, "If you ever do this again I will bring a ceremonial knife into this office and watch you ritually disembowel yourself."
Seemed like a pretty big deal to me.