I've often felt like calling the old owner of the Radio Station from Hell and asking how much money he made off his affair with the Sleazy Secretary. After all, she enjoyed his protection no matter what for many years. And please don't tell me it's all about the sex...she wasn't THAT good-looking and quite frankly there were other women around he could have hooked up with.

The real answer lies in his desire to control, misinform, and spy on the people he himself had hired.

It's an interesting process. You apply for a job you think you'd like. The person hiring you is presumably pleasant and encouraging of your application during the interview, and then hires. Then, however, the process of degrading you and placing you in their thrall begins almost immediately. Since the owner could be sued or personally attacked, he brings in a toad general manager that enforces his will. Then uses his office whore to keep and eye on the GM and the targeted workers.

In some cases, I can say the company hired people they knew would be eventually fired.

Even the office affair itself is more about power and position than passion. Imagine being able to deride those around you with little or no immediate consequences. Of course, once the persecuted employees leave, any number will launch remote control attacks designed to expose the nature of what happened.

One day the bewildered owner wondered out loud who was "making these rumors up anyway". Hmmm...maybe it's one of the two dozen people who have left here in the past months....

Whether it's antisocial behavior disorder like narcissism or the person is simply a bully, it can never shown that a real profit for the business has been secured. The only factor on the uptick is the misery index for all involved.