My entitled boss pretended to have COVID for 8 weeks, just so he could go on a reality TV show.

But when I found out, I decided to get revenge. So I set up a virtual watch party with my entire

company, exposing him for the liar that he is. And as a result, he ended up getting fired.

Here's what happened. So mid-pandemic, my boss disappeared. Just as we were gearing up for our

most challenging time intensive project, in the last 5 years, he dropped off the face of the earth.

We kept working for a week or so without him because everything was virtual.

And the virtual work world was still so new, we didn't really need him to be honest.

We were delegating tasks ourselves and completing things on our own.

We spoke to coworkers maybe twice a week, but some decisions were beyond our discretion.

So we could not move forward on those aspects of the project until we received a response from him.

After about 10 days of complete silence, we finally called our boss's boss,

who informed our team that our boss had COVID, so he wasn't able to work right now.

We took that at face value of course, and we sent him letters of well wishes,

and didn't bother him with work stuff. Or ask why he was able to notify his boss but not his team.

Nonetheless, 3 weeks go by and still not a word. We are beginning to discuss amongst ourselves,

whether or not maybe he's passed away. We're terrified and horrified and so concerned.

We're contemplating calling his extended family. We're sending flowers and care packages to his

apartment, and meanwhile the project has descended into chaos, because no leader was appointed in our

boss's stead, so we are forced to navigate several layers of bureaucracy in order to accomplish

most anything at all. Whereas in the past he would have just signed off on it in real time.

Around week 4 or 5, one of our co-workers suggested that he doesn't really have COVID,

but is instead using it as an excuse to take time off. We all jump all over our co-worker,

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