Who is that one person you know that always makes you feel uncomfortable?

My boss.

She recently (November) inherited the small family business I work at. It's 83 years old, beloved in the community, and as far as I can tell she's trying to destroy the soul of the place and run it into the ground.

She has no idea how anyone else does their jobs. I sell coffee and donuts and she doesn't know how to do my job. She asked me how to turn on the coffee maker last week. It's one button labeled start on a coffee maker in the store she owns.

She complains to near strangers who seem sort of sympathetic that she's a good person who does charity work and doesn't deserve the (well-earned, imo) criticism she gets. Then she does her best to destroy morale in the name of the bottom line. She hates most of the regulars and the employees who have been there longer than her. She seems to think that younger employees are her yes men and all of the discontent comes from the few employees who have been there over a year. It doesn't. The sweetest new employees still grumble about her when she's particularly outrageous.

The worst part is that she likes me. So she's friendly and wants to chat with me. And she'll place a companionable hand on my shoulder occasionally. It feels like damnation every time she does. The other day she tucked a tag in on my shirt and I spent the rest of the day trying to wipe the memory of her touch off my neck.

I've never had a job where I fantasized about quitting before. And I generally like my job now, I like my coworkers and they'll have a hard time filling the hours I work, but when it comes to dealing with her I can easily see myself just quitting mid-conversation because she's being so unbearable. I'm closing in on getting my dream job but even if that falls through I could get another crappy job in a heartbeat. The dream job which she said she hopes it takes a while for me to get so I'll be around longer. I think she was going for "we'll be happy to have you as long as we can" but it came out "I hope it takes you a while to find [a real, career building job] so you'll stay here"

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