Let me tell you about my current HR Director.

A female employee reported harassment, citing an incident when a male co-worker said 'she calls me 'Daddy' at night.' The HR Director said 'what does that mean?'. Having never heard of 'Daddy' as a euphemism, she rejected the complaint.

A female employee was reprimanded by the HR Director for 'reporting a significant percentage of her sick days on Mondays and Fridays.' The percentage cited? 40%. (Note: this was also a joke from a 'Dilbert' strip.)

Our corporation offers an 'education reimbursement' program for business-related education expenses incurred by employees. I proposed CPM certification training for our Purchasing dept. because all of the corporate HQ purchasing managers and directors were CPM and had been reimbursed. She had never heard of CPM so she rejected it, even after the Corporate Director of Purchasing provided confirmation of the validity of CPM cert. She said 'I didn't think Purchasing people had a certification; I know Human Resources doesn't have that kind of thing.'

She had never heard of SPHR, PHR or GPHR despite being a Director. Which begs the question: How did she qualify for the position without professional certification?

Things that make you go 'hmmm'.