Many responses were similar to this from an employee in an insurance company: My boss drives us crazy with her mixed messages.

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Fortunately, the real point of "Laughter on the 23rd Floor" is not Max's relationship with the network but his relationship with his writers, who have no illusions about their half-crazy boss.

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It was such a crazy request my boss must have decided I really thought it would pay off, so the answer was yes.

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To a trained pit boss, the betting seemed crazy or random.

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