I know what you mean. If you change "family" to "team", the test lead I deal with most often uses these in everyone of her team meatings.

One quick comment about infographic resumes: may not be the best approach to an IT job. Our HR dept cooks down the Word/PDF versions of resumes into their text components and stores them in a system that lets people pull up resumes by keyword - while I *think* it'd store a graphic resume, our HR people don't read…

This is Android specific but ... as a Nexus 7 user, I was a little disappointed the KitKat upgrade left us with the old launcher.

INFP - So I'm a Riesling? OK, I usually buy wine by the box but next time I'm in a resto I'll try a glass.

Only spelling and grammar fixes.

Oh crap he tried on an 'extra-small' when he thought it was a medium - someone get the oxygen and I'll get the jaws of life!

Fantastic - I'm so used to my Nexus hiding behind the ASUS' MAC, I never would have thought to let the Nexus handle the sign-on so the hotel sees your TP-Link as a returning device. Brilliant!

My better-half works for a chain of craft stores. Mid-December last year a customer asked if they had a few balls of a very specific type of yarn.

I always perceive myself as a strategic pessimist. Sure, I plan for success but I also had backup plans for negative consequences as well. The people on the projects I've worked have said similar things about me over the years: You always seem to have a handful of "get us out of jail" cards in your back pocket.…

That's true but, as well, I think standing allows the diaphragm to move more freely than when sitting. The speaker's breathing is deeper and more controlled as well.

I've also been told standing while you're on the phone makes you sound more confident.

HR is the last thing any of her friends and co-workers want to engage - generally it's considered "the nuclear action." (Let's just say our HR group has never been the most subtle handed.)

In it's place, discussing things thoroughly, could be valuable but not standing at a desk in front of a group of coworkers.

May I ask what is unreasonable of my asking "Jackie, please, I need a few minutes to compose myself"?

I think she honestly believes she knows the best approach to dealing with it. She's really a very nice person otherwise. I dunno, she's got three children so maybe it works over the dinner table?

She is, he's a nice guy and, you know, so is she! It's just this weird method of dealing with people that makes us all a little crazy. It's taking its toll on the teams as well, when staffing projects we're starting to see people say "ok, well, if {X} is on the project, I'm not interested." and we have to think "Do…

This won't work for you, obviously, but I solve my coworker's technique by going to the Men's room. She may not 'get' that sometimes a little quiet space lets anger spin-down but she also doesn't have the nerve to follow into the Men's.

I have a coworker who just will NOT leave you alone when you're angry. She just feels people should be happy all the time (ALL THE F*CKING TIME) and when she detects you're angry, even if she's not the issue, she just needles at you with "You shouldn't be angry, anger doesn't solve anything, you should just let it…

We're in (ughh) New Brunswick at the moment. I think the NB approach is easier to understand: "Buddy, you have 1 freaking point left, maybe you should be takin' the bus?"

In my part of Canada it's called "Distracted Driving" and covers ANY and all use of hand-held devices (voice operated cell phones are exempt.) The fine is $172.50 (we canucks are SO precise, eh?) and loss of 3 license points for 2 years.