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I wouldn’t assume she calls her people minions. Could just be an obnoxious kid embarrassing their parent.
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After that, I would only refer to my director as "my liege."
That’s a good one, deserves some acknowledgment but it’s harmless enough to joke about
It also could’ve been something the dad said to the daughter that the mom had no part in
If that were the case I am sure the boss would of said something.
Did you ever think she’s repeating something she heard in the movies or cartoon or whatever and slipped it in the right way? Kids are honestly notorious for this. I’d let it go.
That's exactly how she sees y'all in her head. She's authentic with her kids.
Could be a harmless joke, could be an actual power tripping narcissist…important thing is if they treat everyone fairly and with respect in the office
Oh wow! That’s such a funny but awkward moment! It’s a good reminder that kids really do pick up on everything, and sometimes say the exact things adults wouldn’t want repeated. Hopefully, the director takes it in stride and maybe chooses her words more carefully next time. Definitely a lesson in choosing what to share around little ears! 😄
Thanks ChatGPT for this response
Sounds like the kind of humor the daughter of an ad agency dire would have. Don't worry too much about it
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C’mon OP - you’re leaving out the part where everyone in the office is short, yellow and wears dungarees. What else is the kid going to call you?
For what it’s worth, being a manager is hard. You really don’t know what she says to her family. Give her the benefit of the doubt, I say. If you’re wrong then it may say more about you than her. Ya know ?
I wouldn’t make too much of it. I try to keep things professional but very light hearted with my staff, so I’ve used such “terms of endearment” periodically in lighter moments. Maybe the parents used the movie to explain the realities of corporates life. And there are a lot worse names the child could have picked up on. And yes PM1, I’m probably not smart enough to respond with the awesome “my Liege,” but I would have owned it, found the fun in it, and come up with something similar to play along.
We don't know that she uses that term, the kid may have done so unilaterally.
Kids are parrots, they have no filter.
🤣🤣 Kids will always do it to you
Lol. Once a partner said that on the phone. I was one of the minions and I was on the call....the hubris
So at my previous law firm, we had received a letter from an unhappy client who described us as minions. Management was unhappy, and proceeded to implement Atticus billing training. I asked a question in one of the sessions: How do I know I'm doing things wrong if nobody tells me? I was laid off less than two weeks later, along with a few other "underperforming" staff - one accountant, one associate attorney, and me, paralegal. We were supposed to be grateful they spent all this money training us, but to be treated like minions? There's a reason a ton of your clients are unhappy, and it isn't the workers. Management includes actual leadership, not "stay in your lane, do what you're told and shut the hell up."
Next call you have - have the team change their image digitally to be minions!
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Does that make the manager Gru?