We told the receptionist we would provide full corporate support if she wanted to press charges/sue. And corporate counsel had a long chat with dad on how (a) we really would support any legal action she wanted and (b) how it might be worthwhile for him to give her a private apology and possibly come to a personal…

You mean the noodles? How are they like Christmas? *snerck, snerck*

Oops...looks like my pain meds have kicked in ;-)

I once ran a mentor/entry-level hiring program for a company I worked with and 'assistant testing' was a key part of the 2nd-round interviews. We'd schedule the interview for X time and intentionally leave them in the reception area for a good 20-30 minutes*. The receptionist was in on it and was instructed to be…

I've worked in HR for close to 15 years now and I can unequivocally say everything you listed are actual 'real' jobs. When you waitressed did you sometimes have shitty customers who you still had to serve and charm to get a good tip? Guess what, in an office you're going to have shitty co-workers (or hopefully just…

"Moral of the story: be nice to underlings — never call them 'whores, alcoholics and learning disabled,'"

I'm all pro-labor, but remember keeping your nanny on the books has some serious pro-employer protections as well, the biggest to me is worker's comp. Think of the nightmare scenario where your nanny gets hit by an uninsured driver while out walking with the tyke. The driver has no insurance so the nanny will look…

As a Colorado resident I have no problem with that. Fully support child-resistant packaging to protect the tykes and highly support the packaging as a diet-saver for my stoned nights. Knowing me, by the time I'm ready for seconds I would (1) struggle with opening it; (2) become fascinated how they engineered it to…

Now that is one issue we did tussle over in the early days. My Mr is 15+ years older than me and was raised in a very typical, mom-at home 50s house. His first wife we a stay-at-home mother as well so let's say he very used to the woman taking care of all aspects of keeping a house. Our first year living together…

So you also are against any healthcare insurance for children? If you want to have kids, do it on your own dime.

My husband once tried to explain how fair our marriage was because I had totally control of the house and he would never think to question how I managed anything to do with the home while he was responsible for everything external like earning and managing the money. So I put the house on the market, bought another…

Makes sense it's disconnected now...it was a recording of the song The Final Countdown (Europe). The full five minute song...with pretty good acoustics ;-)

"...if they just sang in some punk music venue or something."

Besides the fact it references both iPhone and Blackberry use, let's just go with the premise, since a computer was not specifically called out in the article we should assume "at no point during the day does she look at a computer."

Well at least Jez doesn't hold themselves out as 'journalists' in any way.

Yeah, I'm a little scared to say it but I do have a problem with their venue (i.e., a church).

Don't forget her iPhone checking before bed...

Do you also think blood pressure guidelines are a joke? Come on, I have and have always had low pressure so it obviously is wrong. I'm currently on message boards constantly telling people to ignore all that medical voodoo, but I'm having a bit of trouble gaining traction. Maybe we could join forces and find…

"but so many things in our daily lives are bad for us. Fuck it."

Well yes, but I'm betting at that rate they also want to be seen as 'trying too hard' to succeed.