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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, don't bite the hand that feeds you. Do it with a smile.  Look at it as an opportunity to impress the boss.

I know it sucks but you either have to do it or get a new job.  Which I'd look for anyway.[/quote]

No. Do not do it "with a smile." State your boundaries, whatever those might be (e.g., ask the dude, "I'll add this as overtime"). If he pushes back, you say no.

Otherwise your job will become one long clusterf--k in which you're buying flowers for his grandma and walking his dog and picking up the lazy ass's drycleaning.[/quote]

This.  I once had a boss who asked me one very busy day to run get lunch for everyone (a bunch of men who were shooting the bull on a Friday afternoon).  He hadn’t been my boss very long.  I straight up said no, I was very busy with real work, and I wasn’t hired to worry about their meals.  They could move their non-work conversation to a restaurant.  We actually went back and forth a bit, as no way was I letting myself become a personal assistant...I was the second highest position in the office and it was bullshit.  Not only did I not get lunch, the next day he brought me flowers ( :roll: ) and some nice pastries.  It was my hill to die on.  He was fired a year later for lack of performance.  Best thing....I knew before he did and took the day he was fired off. Good luck OP.

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