{"id":243,"date":"2015-06-15T12:14:31","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T16:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/csnider\/?p=243"},"modified":"2015-06-15T12:15:38","modified_gmt":"2015-06-15T16:15:38","slug":"classic-ways-to-criticize-your-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/csnider\/2015\/06\/15\/classic-ways-to-criticize-your-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Ways to Criticize Your Boss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newstatesman.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/fullnode_image\/public\/articles\/2010\/20100302_roger_casement3_w.jpg?itok=uOcuwk6r\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"154\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Roger Casement a British consul official to the Congo used the following terms to criticize his superiors in 1903.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;a gang of stupidities&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;an abject piffler&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;wretched set of incompetent 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