Boss's Day
| Boss' Day | |
|---|---|
| Observed by | United States and Canada |
| Celebrations | Thanking workplace superiors for being kind and fair throughout the year |
| Date | October 16 |
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Boss' Day (also known as Bosses Day or National Boss Day) is a secular holiday celebrated[citation needed] on October 16 in the United States. It has traditionally been a day for employees to thank their boss for being kind and fair throughout the year. The holiday has been the source of some controversy and criticism in the United States, where it is often mocked as a Hallmark Holiday. Recently, sites like someecards.com have recognized the holiday with a contemporary spin.
History
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Patricia Bays Haroski registered "National Boss' Day" with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in 1958. She was working as a secretary for State Farm Insurance Company in Deerfield, Illinois at the time and chose October 16th because it was the birthday of her boss, who happened to be her father.
Four years later in 1962, Illinois Governor Otto Kerner backed Haroski's registration and officially proclaimed the day.
National Boss' Day has become an international celebration in recent years and now is observed in countries such as England, Australia and South Africa.
Hallmark did not offer a Boss' Day card for sale until 1979, but increased the size of its National Boss Day line by 90 percent in 2007 by creating collections of new and innovative cards.
Observance
National Boss' Day is usually celebrated by presenting one's boss with a small gift or greeting card. It is also customary to treat one's boss with extreme kindness, very similar to a birthday. Bosses are like diapers, all over your ass and full of crap.
Also Celebrated
Also celebrated on the next day, is "Information Specialist's Day."
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