if you are working, it isn’t a vacation. it is just doing work in a nicer environment. if you can successfully work in a vacation setting, ask your boss about moving your desk to wherever it is you vacation since it is obviously nicer than the office but doesn’t get in the way of doing actual work.

i work for a big company where hundreds of other people do what I do. There’s a finite number of vacation/sick/paid-time-off spots available on any given day to make sure enough people are there to do what needs doing, and everyone gets some time off as part of their compensation package (with my seniority i get 28…

i do work while at work. when my shift ends, i stop working. I do not understand why people have a hard time not working.

I think the link for the bottom of this article should have been this one: http://theescapeartist.me/2015/03/10/how… the link currently there goes to a story about cycling instead of recognizing your spending priorities

Rubbermaid Chugs are nice. sturdy, dishwasher safe, inexpensive, and available at many supermarkets.

Rubbermaid Chugs are nice. sturdy, dishwasher safe, inexpensive, and available at many supermarkets.

I have a scheduled shift. 8 hours of work broken up by a couple 15 minute breaks and a lunch. when I hit the end of that scheduled shift, I go home. i retrieve my thermos, lunchbox, whatever else i brought in with me and leave the way i came in. Lifehacker previously shared a really amusing video on this topic. ho…

broccoli and cauliflower. oil, sriracha/sambal oelek, and lemonjuice for seasoning. roast for 15 minutes between 400 and 450 (depending on how cooked you like your veggies). from there i started adding carrots, parsnips, red cabbage, radishes, and turnips. i keep some roastable veggies in my fridge in plain view,…

I am surprised Discworld didn't make the list.

just as my employers want me to use as much of my work-time as possible to do good things for the company and the customers, I want to use as much of my personal time as possible to benefit me, so I want to choose how I use that time just as carefully if not moreso.

I would think more concrete, evidence-supported self-affirmations would be more helpful than the vague ones in the examples above. "I am good at this particular task," as a way to feel confident about something specific, and then work on being good at other tasks and feeling confident about those as well.

Chexsystems isn't the only reporting system out there. There is also Chexscan (if you wrote a bad check to a major retailer like Target or something, it would show up there) and Early Warning Systems (similar to Chexsystems). different banks check different reports, and have different rules on what impact those…

I can see how making it harder to actually buy something, even once a potential customer is already in the store and ready to spend their money, might add to the image of exclusivity and hard-to-get-ness that makes a luxury item desirable. I can also see how treating customers badly might make them go buy the same…

just a smartphone. I also carry a folding knife, a card knife, a large silk handkerchief, a flashlight, small prybar, and a pen, but those aren't devices.

why not just open along the seam at the back of the bag?

i work in a call center, and get a lot of these obscenity-shouting, tantrum-prone customers. "please hold while I look into this for you" gives my ear a break while they get some time to calm down. "All our calls are recorded and we can't stay on the line if there's profanity. I need you to stop swearing please so…