Nothing wrecks humor like having it explained, or nitpicking.

The list is of course humor, and like any of the other subjective lists showing differences between opposites or extremes, and double standards, there is enough truth to bring a chuckle, and enough lack of objectivity to bring a sigh of discomfort from the side of the "victim" of the humor.

One could ask what a "real" boss, like a customer, would think if viewing each trait from either the boss or subordinate.

It's the hope that any team becomes efficient. Each team member though, if faced with the upsets of routine, and an inability to pull off the practiced and "scripted" duties of his/her function are far from efficient. As has been discovered in team building, the way around the entire team operating in such an efficient manner is to have someone responsible for absorbing the inefficiencies of the other members of the team. This most logically falls on the one leading, coordinating, and supervising the operation. It's here that the inefficiencies of the team is less critical to the operation. This is the member of the team that doesn't actually perform the labor. He becomes efficient at absorbing the other's inefficiencies. The demands on him/her are different. It could look like a double standard, subjectively. It looks logical though, objectively.