Coping with idiots

Don't bother waiting for an idiot boss to get smarter is a fun read from the Dallas Morning News. John Hoover, author of "How to Work for an Idiot: Survive & Thrive Without Killing Your Boss," offers some tips on how to cope and even a taxonomy of pointy-haired supervisors that he developed:

"Idiots have no problem connecting one dot. They can do this all day long if left without adult supervision," he said. "But God forbid if you ever ask them to consider triangulation. Their heads would explode."