Not a bad idea

A minefield

Mean girls never grow up

We all need a holiday

Things are not looking good in the world of Twitter right now. I'm trying to stay optimistic; I'm not planning on leaving this app before my official 10-year anniversary on it in February 2023. In fact, I'm not trying to leave Twitter at all, which makes the addition of “views” on tweets so disheartening. This feature literally adds nothing to the experience and makes everybody sad that people didn't like their tweets! I've been trying to train my eye not to look at the views on my tweets, but…

Maybe he should pay him more? Just a thought

Making money moves

Ridiculous!

So hospitable

Monday blues

One of life's greatest pleasures is being able to complain about a job you hate . If I wasn't able to tell my close friends and family about the annoying customers and often more annoying coworkers at my customer service jobs, then I don't know how I would be able to survive. Even when things weren't so bad at work, it's fun to share work stories. When I worked at a dog bakery, a customer told me she owned a dog funeral parlor. I was so taken aback that all I could say was, “I'm sorry" To that,…

Here we go again

To work in the office or work at home? That question has plagued us during the plague years, and its answer is more complex than you'd think. Many assume that everyone wants to work from home, and those who don't are part of a tiny minority, which is not necessarily the case. Before the pandemic, I could not get any work done unless I was out of the house. There was something that activated in my brain when I went into a library or office that could get me to achieve unparalleled levels of prod…

I do not envy anyone who has to fire others. Letting somebody down easy is a skill I simply don't have. Every time I've broken up with someone, I have done it clunkily and a bit insensitively, which is really not ideal for delivering bad news . You need to tell the other person what's happening directly, but not too directly. You need to be empathetic first and informative second. You need to make sure they cry after you fire them instead of when they're in the room with you. It's a tricky bala…

Yikes!

Monday blues