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Workplace witticisms, job jokes and career quips; who says work can't be a laughing matter?
I Earned an "A". Top Story - December 2021.
“You are an excellent learner”, said the voice on the phone. “You did a fantastic job.” Was I accepting this lofty praise from an instructor from whom I was taking an in-person craft course? An online professor from whom I was taking a creative writing course? A teacher from whom I was taking a brush-up course on word processing? No. None of these. I was being complimented on my learning skills by……………..a Comcast Agent. As I was extricating myself from a pretzel-like position on the floor underneath my desk with 3 different cords in my hands, how could I not be proud of his gushing compliments?
By Joan Gershman4 years ago in Journal
Overcoming A Fear Of Failure
Driving is scary Hands at 10 and 2, check your wing mirrors, adjust the car seat, ensure the air vents are pointing at a comfortable angle, maybe get out and check the pressure and treads of the tyres, flip the bonnet and check the oil levels, and while you’re in there make sure the windshield washer thing is filled, check underneath the vehicle for bombs or hanging cables that could signal your breaks being cut, then get back inside and try for the tenth time to see if your wife will drive for you, say a little prayer after she says no…
By R P Gibson4 years ago in Journal
My Life on the Circle
The grasshopper. I was five years old and Billy Miller from down the street told me to catch a grasshopper, pull its head off and a bunch of tobacco would come out. He watched me. I didn't want to be a fraidy cat. I picked up the grasshopper and kept staring at it. Billy kept nodding and saying, "Do it, do it!" I did. He was right, brown gooey stuff came out. I looked at its little head in my other hand trying to find a way to put it back. I couldn't. At that moment I realized animals are just like us - they feel, eat, sleep, work, play and die.
By Dea Stevens 4 years ago in Journal
The Vendor Pitch
Liquid lunches haven't been a thing since the 1980s, but if 2020 and 2021 didn't induce a revival of the trend, then nothing ever will. Who knows, maybe it's already started. What do you think all those people who never turn on their Zoom camera during meetings or who chug "coffee" at sixty second intervals are really doing?
By Barbara Andres4 years ago in Journal
The Mountain Treehouse
Finding a new rental home can sometimes be an entertaining experience. I always look for something that is something a little different to the usual brick and tile. Today's inspection of the "Cornubia Treehouse" was.....umm....interesting.
By Jarrod Nielsen4 years ago in Journal
A Guide To NaNoWriMo
Have you ever done National Novel Writing Month? (affectionately referred to as NaNoWriMo by those who know it and do it (note, I didn’t say love it). Essentially, it’s a motivation tool - something to get you writing every day for 30 days in November, so that by the end of it you have 50,000 words, a good start and a large chunk of a story (novel). That’s not to say you have to finish your novel in 50,000 words. You just have to reach that goal.
By Caitlin McColl4 years ago in Journal
It’s Not Enough to Be Right
There is a story about Jeff Bezos from when he was a young boy. He was with his grandparents, both of whom were smokers. Bezos had recently heard an anti-smoking PSA on the radio that explained how many minutes each cigarette takes off a person’s lifespan. And so, sitting there in the backseat, like a typical precocious kid, mega nerd, and giant lamer, he put his math skills and this new knowledge to work and proudly explained to his grandmother, as she puffed away, “You’ve lost nine years of your life, Grandma!”
By Everyday Junglist4 years ago in Journal
