Pulse: Chatter: Thats Boss
“My boss said, ‘If you’re not happy here, quit.’ I quit the next day and moved back to Philadelphia.” — Steve Duross, former Key West, Florida, bartender and current co-owner of Duross and Langel
“In my first post-college job at an ad agency, I’d leave at 5 p.m., and my boss would say, ‘Working a half day?’ I wasn’t getting paid much — but I didn’t get that you had to pay your dues.” — Ellen Yin, owner of Fork
“A rehearsal director suggested to me and a few other dancers that we should seriously consider secretarial school.” — Nick Stuccio, producing director for Philadelphia Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe
“Stu Bykofsky, my mentor, told me that when he first started writing the gossip column, then-editor Zack Stalberg told him, ‘You’ll know if you’re doing something you shouldn’t be doing.’” — Dan Gross, gossip columnist for the Daily News
“My boss at Strawbridge’s — years ago — always said, ‘Work smarter, not harder.’ I really hated her for it. But now I find myself saying the same thing all the time at meetings.” — Nicole Cashman, owner of Cashman & Associates PR and special events firm
