ALLOW US TO be the first to wish you a Happy Boss/Employee Exchange Day!

Giphy Giphy

Yeah, we hadn’t heard of it until today either, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t mark this questionable holiday in our own special way.

So, what’s it all about?

Well, it was created by the Yanks (no surprises there), designed to fall on the Monday directly after Labor Day and acts as an opportunity for the upper echelons of a company to swap places with their staff, and vice versa.

Ostensibly, it’s a team-building exercise, but it sounds like a Monday in hell to us.

Let’s be honest, the boss/employee dynamic has been rife with tension since time immemorial, and Twitter has spent years reminding us how awkward the relationship is with the help of some godawful anecdotes from the workplace.

So, not to rain on anyone’s parade here, but here are just a few reasons why this day is doomed for failure.

1. When your humour is totally wasted on them.

Me: Your unsolicited DM is awkward and not appreciated.

Boss: It's called an email, and I will need those numbers by the end of the day.

— 🍍Randy (@shpkmews) September 6, 2018

2. ‘So… eh… how’s your water?’

Havin’ lunch with my new boss has to be the most awkward thing I ever did today. 😶 pic.twitter.com/oXrZQRFfXs

— 안녕🔆안녕 (@truly_aibi96) September 6, 2018

3. Sorry, but we can’t.

Name something more awkward than seeing your boss at the sexual health clinic

— James (@p2hagz) September 6, 2018

4. Get your KitKat and leave, damn it.

*walks into my boss’s office during a meeting*

*awkward silence*

“oh i’m just here for a KitKat and i’ll be leaving”

— Paul (@PWFolgers) September 5, 2018

5. For the love of…

Nothing more awkward than telling your boss, the reason you missed work was because you had to go to the hospital to get a condom pulled out of you with tongs. #fml #tmi #TMITuesday

— Alexa (@alexahendzz) September 5, 2018

6. Those stars aint cute.

If you wanna die of second hand embarrassment, I once complimented by bosses-bosses-bosses-boss on her dress, thinking it was covered in cute stars. Nah, it was just sausage roll crumbs. Fml. #awkward #crumbsarecute #embarrassment pic.twitter.com/mdZ2EnOYME

— Ehhh (@HamGofftoid) September 4, 2018

7. And then there’s this.

that awkward moment when you see your boss @ at restaurant & you’re drinking before your shift

— DIP🕷 (@yungxdip) September 6, 2018

8. Yep, you’re not coming back from that one.

I told my boss I made plans for lunch because I’m awkward and then I got caught eating Taco Bell in my car

So that’s how my first week is going

— Reeti (@ReetiBee) August 8, 2018

9. ‘Guys, guys, allow me to interject here…’

The awkward moment when you’re copied on emails between your boss and their spouse and they get progressively snarkier. #grabthepopcorn

— Reyna Pingul (@missreyna702) September 5, 2018

10. Yep. that’ll do it.

Sent an email to the boss once and signed it, “love you!” So awkward.

— Beth C (@jerzemommy) July 11, 2018

 11. ‘And it’ll be good to see you again… in a few minutes.’

On this episode of Justin’s Awkward Conversations...

I end a long talk with my boss by saying “Alright it was really good seeing you”

I see her no less than 15 times a day.

— Ju'stin (@just_weetin) August 16, 2018

12. ‘So, how’s it going in there for you?’

Having a conversation through the cubicle with your boss while your jocks are round your ankles is the most awkward thing I've ever experienced... Couldn't just wait a minute?

— Lukey Dukey (@lukemo11298) August 8, 2018

13. No, no, that’s when you just leave the group.

Awkward gila when your boss is wrong in the WhatsApp group with Clients, then the Client ask to verify and you have to say yes that my boss is wrong.

— Jim Danial Mohamad (@jim_danial) September 7, 2018

14. Well yeah, there’s always that.

I thought I had gotten over being awkward but then I had to have a meeting with my boss and honestly I would have rather jumped off a bridge into traffic.

— ^_^ (@Noodle_God) September 6, 2018

DailyEdge is on Instagram!