I don't know why but I think it's a common observation that the higher up you go on the corporate ladder, the less aware of your surroundings you are. Executives seem to think that the rules that apply when you're alone in your house, can now be applied to an office full of people. They seem to believe that they can yell numerous nonsensical things at all times, expecting people to nod and agree. Or they hand you things on little post-its with words like "Meeting broccoli, jim, yellow" and god forbid you ask for "clarification" you realize your job is on the line unless you can string together something that makes this crazy person think that they're a genius.

Additionally, even though they become more dependent on complicated electronics, the less they can use the ones that have been around forever--such as fax machines and copiers. Anyway, one morning I come in and the boss is frantically pressing buttons on the fax machine. It took me a minute but I realized that she was making copies on the fax machine instead of using the copy machine that was about 2 feet away. The woman who runs my department makes about $250K a year. Yet, she was stymied by how to turn on the copy machine (the HUGE GREEN BUTTON THAT SAYS ON apparently was a mystery. Maybe if it talked).