“Everyone thinks they want to be in charge, to be the boss, but no one knows how tough and thankless the job really is.” He shook his head. “Sure, you get to give orders, but you also have to put up with endless bellyaching, kick the shirkers in the ass, tell favor seekers no about a dozen times a day, lie when necessary—and many a time it is—and accept blame when things go wrong—and many a time they do. Even with all that, everyone wants your job, or they want to tell you how to do it, or they want to try to take advantage of you, so to be a good boss you have to be steadfast and tireless,
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