Almost one in four workers (23 percent) who took part in a recent survey by CareerBuilder.com reported being asked to perform tasks that fell well outside the “job related” category.

The survey turned up many interesting and unusual requests made by bosses, including:

1. Boss asked employee to be prepared to delete all emails and computer files at a moment’s notice
2. Boss asked employee to be a surrogate mother for her — more than once
3. Boss asked employee to spy on senior management
4. Boss asked employee to buy a rifle for him, and he would reimburse the employee
5. Boss asked employee if she knew of anyone who could “hook him up” with illegal substances
6. Boss asked employee to go online and post false good comments about him
7. Boss asked employee to come up with a science fair project for her daughter
8. Boss asked employee to fire his (the boss’s) brother
9. Boss asked employee to lend him $400 for a down payment on a car
10. Boss asked employee to remove her stitches
11. Boss asked employee to be better friends with him
12. Boss asked employee to scour an abandoned office building for furniture and supplies they could use
13. Boss asked employee to bail another co-worker out of jail
14. Boss asked employee to clip her dog’s nails
15. Boss asked employee to help plan her wedding

Although some bosses do become friends with their employees, many of these unusual requests cross the line — even for a friendship.