There’s always an Annoying Meeting Person who talks too much at meetings. What’s worse is meetings where there’s a few people who talk too much.
These people actually enjoy meetings at work. Nobody really enjoys meetings at work. They’re a means to an end. They’re tools for a group to get […]
I worked as a waiter in a Mexican restaurant when I was in graduate school, and must have been the world’s worst waiter. Here’s 10 reasons why.
10. Once I accidently spilled a pitcher of ice water on a two month old baby. Hey… at least it wasn’t coffee.
9. I […]
I was starting a new bartending job at an amusement park. I latched on to the job from a friend of a friend, and was looking forward to starting. After meeting with a few people for my interview, I heard that Doug was the manager to watch out for.
Doug was actually the […]
After temping in a few factories I learned a scary truth about unskilled factory labor. In most cases, you’re only doing the job because either they can’t find a machine that can do it efficiently or cheaply. Sometimes unskilled factory work can involve a little bit of human judgment that a computer isn’t […]
I have Attention Deficit Disorder and a bony ass. So do many of my students.
I was oblivious to the discomfort of my students at their student desks for many years. Most of my graduate classes involved comfortable seminar rooms. When I took an inservice course in an actual classroom a few years into my […]
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 […]
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 […]