According to Wikipedia…
Patricia Bays Haroski registered "National Boss's Day" with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in 1958. She was working as a secretary for State Farm Insurance Company in Deerfield, Illinois at the time and chose October 16 because she forgot that the birthday of her boss, who was her father, was actually on the 16th. Four years later in 1962, Illinois Governor Otto Kerner backed Haroski's registration and officially proclaimed the day.
National Boss's Day has become an international celebration in recent years and now is observed in countries such as Australia and South Africa.
Hallmark did not offer a Boss's Day card for sale until 1979. It increased the size of its National Boss Day line by 90 percent in 2007 by creating collections of new and innovative cards.
Fun "Boss" Quotes from http://www.coolnsmart.com/boss_day_quotes/
"If you think your boss is stupid, remember: you wouldn’t have a job if he was any smarter."
"The person who knows HOW will always have a job. The person who knows WHY will always be his boss."
"Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties.
By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day."
"There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else."
I'm raising a glass of cyber champagne to toast our wonderful "Boss's" at Harlequin American Romance--Many thanks for the time, care and commitment you put into making our books the very best they can be. Happy Boss's Day!
Marin
A Cowboy Christmas (Dec 09)
2 comments:
I'll second that!
I don't work anymore but I have a great coffee mug from my old job that says "behind every great boss is a great secretary."
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