“This job would be great if it wasn’t for the fucking customers.” – Randal, Clerks
I’ve performed menial labor as a slave in a retail store. I’ve toiled away for years in call centers where the goal of making customers happy superseded all logic and reason. Thankfully I now work someplace where my boss [...]
Since we’re saving money for the big trip to Puerto Rico this summer, Rachel and I decided a weekend getaway to Los Angeles would be a nice way to spend our 3rd anniversary. All in all it was a pretty nice weekend; we got to visit the Santa Monica Pier, The Getty, Griffith Park [...]
Just a little Friday afternoon fun. This should send your productivity into the single digits (and relieve some pent up frustration after a long work week)!
Technology: help or hindrance?
Sydney University academic Dr Caroline West says while work delivers self-esteem, income and social ties, more than four to six hours a day will bring anxiety, exhaustion and a poor quality of life.
Man I wish I could work shorter days and still afford to pay my bills! From the time I get [...]
Any technical job that involves helping masses of uncensored human beings understand technology will eventually wear the average man down, causing him to go bat-shit crazy and scream at the top of his lungs
Adam Knight, of After Apple fame, has written an excellent article about his thoughts on life as a phone monkey for Apple [...]