I have found that bosses who have not been trained to work in management sometimes don't know how to draw the line in the role as a manager/supervisor. It is never a good idea to become too relaxed with your employees. I'm not saying that as a manager/supervisor that you should be stand offish. You definitely have to be approachable but employees should never feel as if they can say or do anything around you. Becoming too friendly with employees can threaten the respect level they have for you as a boss. I've seen situations where a boss had to reprimand a friend and it didn't turn out so well. The employee took offense to her boss/friend for writing her up when it was well due. I've seen situations where an employee was told to do something by his boss/friend and they didn't do it because that level of respect was gone. Unless you have mature professional minded people, boss/employee friendships tend to never work. Any thoughts?