Beating The Boss at golf.

[InTheTwenties]

Well, here we go, I'll probably also be fired, and hang out with Michelle Wie's caddie at the unemployment office.

I played my boss yesterday, and won. At first he started out good, but then started to really miss shots. He would top it, he would foul it, he would shank it. And At first he was in good spirits, but after he started to loose holes back to back, he became more foul to play with.

I considered loosing on purpose, and did purposely lose someholes, but I won the match. To make maters worse, I'll be playing with him against his boss, next week in a foursome. Not sure how to proceed.

Here we go unemployment... Anybody need a good truck driver?

[aquacooled]

sorry buddy that was stupid to say the least.... if I were you I would be 4 putting the next time I played with them again..

goodluck.. you'll need it

[rembrandt]

Well, here we go, I'll probably also be fired, and hang out with Michelle Wie's caddie at the unemployment office.

To really find out about somebody, just play a round of golf with them. They will display their temperment real quick like. He will probably overlook the fact that you strumed on him.

[cdriver]

My boss's boss came in for a visit once and we all went to play a round at the local course where I played all the time. My boss's boss is a very competitive person and hates to lose. Needless to say, I thumped the both of them By the end of the round, my boss's boss was ready to chew the shafts off his clubs he was so mad. To his credit, he didn't find a way to have me fired. Of course, it might have had something to do with the fact I was the best sales producer they had at the time...

[InTheTwenties]

sorry buddy that was stupid to say the least.... if I were you I would be 4 putting the next time I played with them again..

The thing is he talked up a good game, and was good for a couple of holes. I think maybe its because we walked the course. You see I always walk it, because the carts are too expensive for me, but he always rides the cart. Also I misread his competitive spirit. Either way, he sudgested a "practice round" before playing his boss in a foursome, so here is where, it evens out for him. I'm sure I'll be topping/fouling/four putting.

[SuaSponteMn]

I guess I was fortunate. I had a boss that I'd play with 5-6 times a year and it was typically pretty close but I'd pull it out on most occasions; never once did I ever think that my job was on the line.

[Rafcin]

IMHO "giving in" is worse than beating them. Most of the people will appreciate your honesty of giving your best. If they don't - f'them. They're not worth to work for anyway. I'm beating all my execs in the office regularly. That's my only way of getting back at them, since I can't do it in the office

[Ghost Runner]

If you're truly a 20 handicap then you should not feel any regret about beating your boss, he's probably not that good.

[Everardo]

Yeah I never understood the whole "letting" your boss win. If I'm better than him fine but I wouldn't intentionally loose just to fill his pride, he has a fatte paycheck to do that for him. On the same token I wouldn't completely thrash him just because I could.

[iammike]

IMHO "giving in" is worse than beating them. Most of the people will appreciate your honesty of giving your best. If they don't - f'them. They're not worth to work for anyway. I'm beating all my execs in the office regularly. That's my only way of getting back at them, since I can't do it in the office

If i golfed with my bosses, this is the mind set that i would have haha. Too bad my company doesn't do anything like that mostly.

[iacas]

IMHO "giving in" is worse than beating them. Most of the people will appreciate your honesty of giving your best. If they don't - f'them. They're not worth to work for anyway. I'm beating all my execs in the office regularly. That's my only way of getting back at them, since I can't do it in the office

I know a guy who owns a few million-dollar companies. He has fired people for trying to lose a match to him. He expects that people will give their best at everything they do, and that someone who is more worried about his own personal advancement isn't a good person to have in a company.

So you never know, maybe your boss - though mad at himself - appreciated the fact that you won.

[sam4msu]

I see it from a different point of view...I play regularly with a few of the guys who work for me...I would be PISSED if I thought they bagged it on even 1 shot because I am their boss...To me that shows that they have no respect for my ethics...We all have things in common aside from work, and we have almost an unwritten rule that we don't talk shop on the golf course...If I expect to talk shop with them, I make sure that I pay for their round...That is only fair in my book and I have done this several times...In my opinion if your boss holds it against you or if you even think he will, he has not earned your respect and it is time to find other employment...Good luck.

[cdriver]

I play with the salesman who works for me. We both joined the same club. He would love to beat me and he tries his best every time we go out. He is half my age and has a great swing, but his testosterone gets in the way of his good sense and he starts trying to hit the ball much further than he is capable. Next thing you know, he's blown the round with a few bad holes.

Honestly, I would love to see him concentrate and get a grip on himself for a full 18. I think he is capable physically of beating me, his head just gets in the way all the time. I would take the licking like a man and congratulate him on his success. I think it would do him more good than me harm.

[Konrad]

My dad is the boss for a health food company. He's about a 15 and he is very competitive. But I don't think that he has ever lost and tried to fire someone. He just loses and doesn't really think about messing with someones job.

That's not right in my view.

[aquacooled]

I got my boss started in this wonderful game of golf.. if I lost to him he would think Im the biggest meathead in the world..