I worked as a temp for a few days in a factory that specialized, at least while I worked there, in putting the labels on Fisher Price Toys. The line I worked on put the alphabet on the Little People farm silos.
I started the morning in quality control, going through box after […]
During the early part of the industrial revolution, in the days of shameless laissez-faire, the industrialists came up with the brilliant idea of hiring children. In addition to being able to pay them less, their little fingers could perform intricate work that bigger fingers couldn’t do, and their small bodies fit places where bigger […]
The first day I showed up for work at the construction site I had no idea what kind of physical workout I was going to be facing. I was in reasonably good shape for a guy that just got out of college. Of course the last couple weeks of college and senior parties, […]
Very likely if you’re working a retail, sales or customer service job, you need to dress up a little for work. If you’re low on cash or cash or just starting out, that can be a tall order. How can you dress for success on a tight budget?
Your first instinct might be to […]
I went into the middle school thinking I had a cake Social Studies assignment that I’d discussed with the teacher the night before. Give a quiz, watch a movie, collect the work, and work on my grad school homework while the kids worked. It was supposed to be a beautiful day.
Substitute […]
I wasn’t the first person to think about buying super-techie books off eBay to resell elsewhere. There was some tough competition, and I found that the best way to buy these books was through a sniping service, that charged me a moderate fee to be my bid at the last second. That kept prices relatively […]
Today I’m going to talk a little more about selling used books on Amazon.
Once upon a time, like I said, this was a pretty easy way of making money. Time-consuming, but easy. It wasn’t tough to go to a garage sale or even a goodwill and pick up books you could sell for […]
Sometimes as professionals, the slightest things can set us off. Thankfully however, the outcomes are far more peaceful. Here’s an e-mail my good friend wrote to pretty much the entire company regarding a fundraiser.
Hello,
I am so sorry I was not in the building yesterday to get my emails and respond […]