Even Dad, (a career Marine) had a bout of sincere discontent with a superior officer.
Off-duty, but over-identifying. Emerson thought it was weird he didn’t know the other two pilots on duty.
If I had a nickel for every time a research respondent walked away feeling like they’d been to therapy…I’d be rich.
You know the phrase, “you can’t bullshit a bullshitter?” I’ve always understood this, being a self-proclaimed bullshitter. The only person who can really tell if I am lying is my mother, and even though she thinks she knows, she doesn’t always. In the world of business, I contend that in leadership and bosshood, there is […]
Another friend of mine told me about her quitting her part time job in West Oakland, back in the day. This was when she was in her twenties, ahead-of-her-time progressive, and worked in a well-lit, educational, safe and friendly Sex Shoppe in the late 1990s/early 2000s. This shop sold sex toys, porn videos, how-to advice […]
The euphemism is thrown around a lot during someone’s first week/month/quarter at a new workplace. When a veteran at the startup asks a newbie, “How’s it going? You picking up what we putting down? Or as Anna Weiner’s crew in Uncanny Valley says, “You down for the cause?” A typical newbie response, if they’re savvy […]
I used to own a Bouvier, a dog that is about 120 pounds of powerful fluff. When I first inherited him, he was about 3 years old, and pretty well trained, but not yet neutered. Other dog owners scolded me and told me his enthusiasm for play and full body contact with other dogs of […]
I’m working for myself now and I have to admit I am THE WORST boss I have ever had. I don’t plan ahead strategically, I expect the work to be stellar but I don’t ask for help or provide the time for proper training. I sit down and I expect myself to just shit it […]
When I start a new job I like to find a work husband. A work husband is a person that I can eat lunch with, someone I can ask about other things not related to my job that are none of my business but I am curious and need to know. Ideally this man sits […]