Comments for Surviving the Workday http://survivingtheworkday.com Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:24:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 Comment on Jobs that No Longer Exist by Pauline Osman http://survivingtheworkday.com/2010/05/14/jobs-that-no-longer-exist/#comment-9203 Pauline Osman Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:21:33 +0000 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2010/05/14/jobs-that-no-longer-exist/#comment-9203 I was an executive secretary (shorthand and transcibing/letter writing). No more typewriters, no more dictation, no more need of secretaries. Everyone types their own and it looks terrible. Most men don't type a good letter, don't know how to space, spell make new paragraphs. I was an executive secretary (shorthand and transcibing/letter writing). No more typewriters, no more dictation, no more need of secretaries. Everyone types their own and it looks terrible. Most men don’t type a good letter, don’t know how to space, spell make new paragraphs.

]]> Comment on Why I Don’t Go to Church by Rob Pate http://survivingtheworkday.com/2008/02/27/why-i-dont-go-to-church/#comment-9202 Rob Pate Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:50:16 +0000 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2008/02/27/why-i-dont-go-to-church/#comment-9202 My two boys (30's) also have a problem attending church for similar reasons......maybe not put the same way. It always goes back to one basic reason with many different facets......I, ME, MYSELF (1) The church isn't meeting MY needs (2) I'm only going to church to get something for myself (3) It's inconvenient for ME (4) It interferes with things I want to do Consider this approach Can I plug into the church to use my gifts to help others Can I give of myself to God and others through the church to help others Go to church to praise and thank God for my blessings All the good things you have come from God, Including your time. Sounds like you're still in the selfish mode of life. It's all about you....not thanking God or helping others. Give God your schedule and heart and He will change and bless you. My two boys (30’s) also have a problem attending church for similar reasons……maybe not put the same way. It always goes back to one basic reason with many different facets……I, ME, MYSELF
(1) The church isn’t meeting MY needs
(2) I’m only going to church to get something for myself
(3) It’s inconvenient for ME
(4) It interferes with things I want to do

Consider this approach

Can I plug into the church to use my gifts to help others
Can I give of myself to God and others through the church to help others
Go to church to praise and thank God for my blessings
All the good things you have come from God, Including your time.

Sounds like you’re still in the selfish mode of life. It’s all about you….not thanking God or helping others. Give God your schedule and heart and He will change and bless you.

]]> Comment on Food Trucks by Alice http://survivingtheworkday.com/2010/06/17/food-trucks/#comment-9201 Alice Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:24:00 +0000 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2010/06/17/food-trucks/#comment-9201 ...Though I agree with the comment above mine: about businesses hiring trucks and playing the truck n' stop guys at their own game. That might work. See, this is why I should read comments before making a comment of my own... *blushes* …Though I agree with the comment above mine: about businesses hiring trucks and playing the truck n’ stop guys at their own game. That might work.

See, this is why I should read comments before making a comment of my own… *blushes*

]]> Comment on Food Trucks by Alice http://survivingtheworkday.com/2010/06/17/food-trucks/#comment-9200 Alice Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:22:10 +0000 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2010/06/17/food-trucks/#comment-9200 Hm. I've not heard about that before. In this part of England they don't have them, at least; not sure about the rest of the country. I can see both sides. For the trucks it is a good way of generating business, being able to shift around and park where they like and so forth, and customers might think it quirky, which makes business even better. For the business owners, though, they don't have the option of being quirky and moving about, and even if it is only when normally regular customers that use the set-in-place restaurants/cafes see the trucks and think "ooh, just this once" and never use said trucks again, the business has still lost business, and if lots and lots of customers think "ooh, just this once", then that is a lot of lost business (even if, as I said, they really did only do it the once). So I - very helpfully - can't make up my mind about it either way. *shrugs, helplessly* Hm. I’ve not heard about that before. In this part of England they don’t have them, at least; not sure about the rest of the country. I can see both sides. For the trucks it is a good way of generating business, being able to shift around and park where they like and so forth, and customers might think it quirky, which makes business even better. For the business owners, though, they don’t have the option of being quirky and moving about, and even if it is only when normally regular customers that use the set-in-place restaurants/cafes see the trucks and think “ooh, just this once” and never use said trucks again, the business has still lost business, and if lots and lots of customers think “ooh, just this once”, then that is a lot of lost business (even if, as I said, they really did only do it the once).

So I - very helpfully - can’t make up my mind about it either way.
*shrugs, helplessly*

]]> Comment on Terrariums in the Cubicle by JC http://survivingtheworkday.com/2010/06/04/terrariums-in-the-cubicle/#comment-9187 JC Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:21:51 +0000 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2010/06/04/terrariums-in-the-cubicle/#comment-9187 Better check with HR first. I had a coworker who had millipedes and beetles in a terrarium in his cube. It was frowned upon, especially after there was an escape. Better check with HR first. I had a coworker who had millipedes and beetles in a terrarium in his cube. It was frowned upon, especially after there was an escape.

]]> Comment on Food Trucks by editor http://survivingtheworkday.com/2010/06/17/food-trucks/#comment-9177 editor Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:47:10 +0000 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2010/06/17/food-trucks/#comment-9177 Possibly the permanent businesses need their own food trucks.... Possibly the permanent businesses need their own food trucks….

]]> Comment on Food Trucks by GhostGirl http://survivingtheworkday.com/2010/06/17/food-trucks/#comment-9176 GhostGirl Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:41:27 +0000 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2010/06/17/food-trucks/#comment-9176 AS far as I can tell, food truck are a HUGE LA tradition. They have gone really upscale, and a lot of permanent businesses have taken to sending out trucks of their own. It's called healthy competition and maybe they should be getting creative rather than complaining about it? AS far as I can tell, food truck are a HUGE LA tradition. They have gone really upscale, and a lot of permanent businesses have taken to sending out trucks of their own.

It’s called healthy competition and maybe they should be getting creative rather than complaining about it?

]]> Comment on Your Brain on Technology by Anne P http://survivingtheworkday.com/2010/06/07/your-brain-on-technology/#comment-9171 Anne P Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:00:29 +0000 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2010/06/07/your-brain-on-technology/#comment-9171 My smartphone is not that smart compared to many, but that may be just as well - that it can check email and do rudimentary web surfing is distracting enough. I have a colleague with an iPad and iPhone, and he's really annoying to be in meetings with because it's so clear he's not paying attention (though he thinks he is, I expect). Then again, he would keep busy making lists on paper or whatever before he had those gizmos. I am using twitter a little bit at work, in order to not fall behind the tech curve quite so quickly. But yeah, it is way distracting, and I'm following less than 10 posters, not hundreds or thousands. My smartphone is not that smart compared to many, but that may be just as well - that it can check email and do rudimentary web surfing is distracting enough.

I have a colleague with an iPad and iPhone, and he’s really annoying to be in meetings with because it’s so clear he’s not paying attention (though he thinks he is, I expect). Then again, he would keep busy making lists on paper or whatever before he had those gizmos.

I am using twitter a little bit at work, in order to not fall behind the tech curve quite so quickly. But yeah, it is way distracting, and I’m following less than 10 posters, not hundreds or thousands.

]]> Comment on Your Brain on Technology by mskitty http://survivingtheworkday.com/2010/06/07/your-brain-on-technology/#comment-9170 mskitty Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:02:42 +0000 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2010/06/07/your-brain-on-technology/#comment-9170 I read this in the Seattle Times this morning and thought it was very interesting. I am on my computer so much that I see myself in this, to some extent. However, I don't think I'll be getting an iPad or smartphone any time soon; it's like having too much ice cream in the freezer----too available and not that good for me. Also, I hate being constantly available to anyone who wants to dial me up. I have a "delay" system for dealing with email; a lot of things I put in a to-do folder to deal with later, so that I don't pop off an inappropriate response too soon. (yeah, yeah, I'm just as likely to do it later, but at least I've then thought about it!) I read this in the Seattle Times this morning and thought it was very interesting. I am on my computer so much that I see myself in this, to some extent. However, I don’t think I’ll be getting an iPad or smartphone any time soon; it’s like having too much ice cream in the freezer—-too available and not that good for me. Also, I hate being constantly available to anyone who wants to dial me up. I have a “delay” system for dealing with email; a lot of things I put in a to-do folder to deal with later, so that I don’t pop off an inappropriate response too soon. (yeah, yeah, I’m just as likely to do it later, but at least I’ve then thought about it!)

]]> Comment on Terrariums in the Cubicle by editor http://survivingtheworkday.com/2010/06/04/terrariums-in-the-cubicle/#comment-9169 editor Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:07:43 +0000 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2010/06/04/terrariums-in-the-cubicle/#comment-9169 I think it might be time to make another. I think it might be time to make another.

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