You may have a senior officer who is dumb. If he/she knows he/she is dumb, it is OK. If he/she believes he/she is better than Archimedes in intellect and Covey in management, you can do any of the following, as recommended in ancient Indian text चाणक्यनीती.
- Bang you head against the wall until you break your head (does not solve the problem, just provides you with something to do).
- Tear your hair out until you go bald (comment as above).
- Pray he/she gets a heart attack before you do (it is not cruel or unethical, it is just survival instinct. Prayers of this nature usually do not work, but there is no harm in trying).
- You sell your soul to Satan for a greater price than he/she did (dangerous, not recommended. Satan may not want your soul in preference to the one he has already got, anyway).
- Change job (best solution, unless you love your current job. There is no guarantee the Chief at the new place won't be as dumb or dumber anyway.)
- Flatter the Chief's abilities (don't ask which ones, just do it).
- Bribe the Chief (greed has no limits anyway).
- Take voluntary retirement (tempting, huh? But that is running away).
- Believe in fairy tales or Hindi movies, where the good guy wins in the end. (It does not happen that way in real life.)
- Ask some agony aunt what to do (agony aunts give good advice sometimes).
- Laugh it off. Don't you know idiots will be idiots? (the best solution).
