Hello! It is I, your supervisor. I have a task for you. I don’t fully understand the task, as someone else has delegated it to me, but I know that it is long and boring and not worth my time. Good thing I have you! Ha ha!

I have no idea how long this task will take, but I am 100% certain that you can take care of it within an hour or two. Maximum. If you do not complete the task in that time, I will start to have Questions about how you are using your time.

What’s that? You have questions about how to complete the task? I am not prepared to answer those questions, as I know nothing about this task, besides the fact that it is not worth my time and the fact that you should be halfway done with it by now. Tick tock!

No, you may not refuse the task. If you do, I will fire you for insubordination! And you had better do a good job on this task that I do not understand in the least. If you do not, I will begin to have Doubts about your commitment to this organization.

I know that sounds ominous, but I don’t want you to worry! All you have to do is do a good job on this task, which I will determine through an arbitrary assessment process based on my blood sugar and the number of other people who have pissed me off today.

But you should definitely do a good job! If you do, I will reward you by continuing to allow you to stay employed while I assign other boring and inane tasks to you that I don’t want to do! You see? Hard work pays off!

Anyway, I’m taking up all of your time. You should be three quarters of the way done through the task by now! Ha ha! Besides, you wouldn’t want to be late for the Basically Mandatory Unpaid Team Bonding Event later. We might even remember to bring food this time!