Word: bosses
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...early 2009, Springsteen made headlines for a dispute with Ticketmaster; the Boss accused the concert promoter of redirecting fans attempting to buy Springsteen tickets online to a subsidiary website, TicketsNow, which sold tickets at highly marked-up prices. Ticketmaster changed its sales policies soon after...
...always get a sense of personal truth, humility and passion. A sense of humor, a sense of rock 'n' roll and a raconteurism once solely the domain of tribal chiefs. But chief comes from chieftain. And that's just not an American word. Boss? Now that comes from boss man, and if this guy ain't the boss...man, nobody is. • Sean Penn, writing about Springsteen in 2008's TIME 100 issue...
Elia Roldan had just received a new lab coat with her name embroidered on the pocket. She worked as a dermatological assistant and although her doctor's office was struggling - fewer people are getting Botoxed these days - her boss assured her that everything was fine. But that was a month ago. Now she is at Manhattan's Tompkins Square Park at 2 pm on a Tuesday, tossing an office telephone down a measured runway in the very first, and possibly only, Unemployment Olympics. "It's not like I have anywhere I have to be," she says, "I mean, not anymore...
...some-odd contestants around like an inexperienced babysitter at a children's birthday party. The former computer programmer has been without a job for less than two months and says the idea for the four-event competition - Telephone toss, Payday piñata, Pin-the-Blame-on-the-Boss and the "You're Fired!" race - just popped into his head one night. "Normally you think of things like this but never do them," he says, "but I have so much free time right now, I decided to go for it." He built a rudimentary website, contacted local news outlets...
...seems upset when the Payday piñata breaks on the very first try - revealing Payday candybars. With New York easing its way into spring, being outdoors under a blue sky is almost as refreshing as the chance to stab a thumbtack into a fat, balding, caricature of a boss...