Let’s face it, a lot of life can feel like Groundhogs Day (if you subscribe to the Bill Murray theory of the day). We do the same things over and over, and it can get repetitive. Especially in HR–while there are always unexpected things there is a lot
This morning I got sucked into watching Facebook reels. The offspring inform me that these are just old TikToks, and I should go straight to TikTok, but I’m an old lady who likes Facebook and always regrets clicking on reels, and yet I still do it. Anyway, a
I’m a professional writer, but I’m not a professional copy editor. Typos happen. Genuine errors happen. And I truly appreciate it when someone messages me and tells me about my errors so I can correct them. But as a general rule, unless you are someone’s editor or English
Do those of you who live in the United States have any idea how deprived of Oreo variations the rest of the world is? No, you probably don’t, because you simply go to Walmart and pick up whatever Oreos you want at any time you want. What a
As an American, I demand the right to a massive refrigerator/freezer with ice water in the door. That’s not a thing here. Okay, it’s becoming more popular, but it certainly hasn’t been available in any of the three apartments I’ve rented since I moved to Switzerland. The refrigerators
It’s that wonderful present time of year! But businesses are hierarchical and presents go down and not up. See this horror of an example from r/antiwork. Do not do this. Ever. If you absolutely, positively have to give the boss a present, it should be small and consumable.
Four cannibals apply for a job in a big corporation… “Well“, says the boss, „if I hire you guys, you have to promise to not eat any of our staff.“ The cannibals promise that they will not eat anyone and get hired. Everything is going well for a
Finding market-rate salaries can be difficult, especially as pay rates increase rapidly in entry-level jobs. We know that you’ll make more money if you jump companies, which makes no logical sense–your current company should pay up. But they don’t increase salaries enough for current employees, although they will
I truly love Halloween. It’s a great holiday without family or guilt obligations. It’s candy and costumes, and what could be better? Nothing. But what could be worse? Oh, dear me, a whole lot worse than I could have imagined. So terrible that I hope this is fake.
In 1991 moviegoers watched Sally Field portray Betty Mahmoody in Not Without My Daughter. In real life, Mahmoody was trapped by her Iranian husband in Iran, and she could not leave with her American-born daughter. The Swiss embassy helped Mahmoody smuggle her daughter out. How horrible, people said.
