Category: work
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For Morale
For a while there one of the elevators was blocked off with caution tape with the doors open, but usually there’s just an “out of order” sign, and I’ve heard the rumors of people getting caught in them.
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It’s Business Hours Somewhere
Seriously though, it does suck to have to be the one waking other people up at their 3 AM.
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Failover Fail
So you’ve got the high-tech velociraptor enclosure, but those velociraptors are pretty crafty and keep finding weaknesses. So you build a fence around the enclosure – no expense spared – and the fence immediately falls down, knocking out an enclosure wall, and now there are velociraptors in the kitchen.
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Don’t Look Now
There can be a fine line to walk between “really honest” and “don’t scare the new person” when going over how things currently work.
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Wait, Wait, How Many?
It’s easy to get the number of unread emails under 10, the real trick is keeping it there …and not just by deleting everything as it comes in.
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How To Make Partner
It would be nice to take credit for coming up with this joke, but I really didn’t add anything.
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Never Speak of This
In retrospect having take-your-kid-to-work-day scheduled during the school year only makes it that much cooler: you also get to skip school!
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Less Terrible
Inspired by an exchange that happened some years back. Surely we’ve percent-by-percented our way to better meetings by now, right?
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Stand Up Guy
But then, as I was reminded last week: the shorter you are the more places you can hide in for hide-and-seek.
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Niche Issues
Hopefully it’s not too much of a commentary on my ability to call the right person. I at least feel a bit better when it is not something obvious and other people also don’t have any idea what’s going on.