humor
Workplace witticisms, job jokes and career quips; who says work can't be a laughing matter?
The Good Freaks
Dear Corporate Freaks of America, Are you high? I ask this in all sincerity and with the utmost respect because I simply can't wrap my head around what a shitshow the American workplace is today. After graduating from university, it didn't take long to see just how perverted corporations in America treat the workplace and their employees. I'd heard about the drudgery of minimum wage jobs, like fast-food service, and I always assumed those jobs sucked because of the work itself and the small paycheck, but I was wrong. These jobs suck because of you, Corporate America, and your belief in keeping workers at arm's length, treating them like potential threats to your security. What the hell?
By Marc Peraino4 years ago in Journal
How to NOT Write Every Day for a Year
There was once a time I flexed my creative writing skills on the daily and now my ability to sit down and put pen to paper is so rusty that I think I can hear my knuckles squeaking as I type. So how did I go from a daily writer to a never writer? Allow me to share my wisdom.
By Ellie Scott4 years ago in Journal
What Happens When You Whistle in the House
Has it ever occurred to you that a famous song came to your mind and you suddenly had the urge to swing the melodic line whistling? If so, and you have had an older grandmother or aunt, it is possible that one of them stopped you dramatically, desperately, in the full artistic act. "It's not good to whistle at home": that may have been the only explanation given to you.
By Sarah Salinger4 years ago in Journal
I Earned an "A". Top Story - December 2021.
“You are an excellent learner”, said the voice on the phone. “You did a fantastic job.” Was I accepting this lofty praise from an instructor from whom I was taking an in-person craft course? An online professor from whom I was taking a creative writing course? A teacher from whom I was taking a brush-up course on word processing? No. None of these. I was being complimented on my learning skills by……………..a Comcast Agent. As I was extricating myself from a pretzel-like position on the floor underneath my desk with 3 different cords in my hands, how could I not be proud of his gushing compliments?
By Joan Gershman4 years ago in Journal
Overcoming A Fear Of Failure
Driving is scary Hands at 10 and 2, check your wing mirrors, adjust the car seat, ensure the air vents are pointing at a comfortable angle, maybe get out and check the pressure and treads of the tyres, flip the bonnet and check the oil levels, and while you’re in there make sure the windshield washer thing is filled, check underneath the vehicle for bombs or hanging cables that could signal your breaks being cut, then get back inside and try for the tenth time to see if your wife will drive for you, say a little prayer after she says no…
By R P Gibson4 years ago in Journal
My Life on the Circle
The grasshopper. I was five years old and Billy Miller from down the street told me to catch a grasshopper, pull its head off and a bunch of tobacco would come out. He watched me. I didn't want to be a fraidy cat. I picked up the grasshopper and kept staring at it. Billy kept nodding and saying, "Do it, do it!" I did. He was right, brown gooey stuff came out. I looked at its little head in my other hand trying to find a way to put it back. I couldn't. At that moment I realized animals are just like us - they feel, eat, sleep, work, play and die.
By Dea Stevens 4 years ago in Journal
