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Lesson from trash day | Don’t do stupid sh*t

by Stephanie A. Lloyd on January 22, 2010

I just returned from a run, and as I ran down my street I noticed that everyone’s empty garbage cans were in the middle of their driveways. It’s trash day.

This is a pet peeve of mine, particularly because I live on a very busy two-lane street where people do stupid sh*t like drive a hundred miles an hour and flip their cars going around a corner, just like this braniac did Sunday night.

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(He also got himself out of the car somehow and fled the scene, leaving his passenger trapped in the car, severely injured.)

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So, while the trash men apparently think it’s hilarious to throw my garbage can in the middle of my driveway, I wonder how funny they’ll think it is when I am run over in the middle of the street because I have to stop traffic, get out of my car, and move my trash can when I get back home just so I can get my car in my driveway.

This is not just about responsibility or the little annoyances in life…this is about safety.

I’m sure there are plenty of people who would love to be employed right now and wouldn’t do stupid sh*t like that…who would be grateful for the paycheck and would treat their customers with respect. (Yes, I am a taxpayer, therefore I am their customer.)

Not to mention…if people didn’t do wreckless, irresponsible, and uncalled for crap like that, wouldn’t the world just be a happier place??

So, while you may be in a job that you’re not crazy about right now, and perhaps occasionally tempted to be rude to customers or do sloppy work…think again. Remember that a lot of people would gladly trade places with you right now!

As Laurie Ruettimann said when she was a guest on Dream Job Radio in December, not every job has to be a career or a passion. Sometimes it’s ok to just have a job that pays the bills and allows you to have other passions in your life.

And if it’s really that bad, FIND A NEW ONE AND QUIT.

Seriously.

Life’s too short.

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What not to say on Twitter if you want to get a job (or keep the one you have)

by Stephanie A. Lloyd on January 16, 2010

in I'm looking for a job, Social Media

Cartoon by Hugh MacLeod

These are actual tweets that I found by doing a few simple key word searches on Twitter…this is a friendly reminder that what happens on the internet STAYS on the internet!

Think before you tweet…

thank goodness my boss is making things easy, he told me to pretend to do work so he can mark me down for hours.

Just got fired from Home Depot!!!!

I’m sooooooi drunk at work right now……what happened last night? ????

kinda still tired stayed out until 5 am last night. i dread going there today i hate my job :(

Cisco just offered me a job! Now I have to weigh the utility of a fatty paycheck against the daily commute to San Jose and hating the work

IM STILL DRUNK! At work tryna get some breakfast!

called in sick to work. now let’s get ready to PARTAY!!

hoping to get fired from my deadbeat job on Monday and wondering what to do next…

NOT wanting to see that place again today. ugh i hate my job.

doing a whole lotta nuthin at work today . Boss aint here . And getting outta here early Wooooahhh ! Lovin it Lol

Drunk hair styling is not fun got home at 6am at work at 10am

ya pretty sure my boss said “I hate cell phones, i don’t even want to see them” I almost quit right then, 1 hr into my first day

i so need a beer now it been a LONG ASS WEEK FOR ME! HATE MYJOB AND MY BOSS SORRY THIS YEAR I NEED TO GET ANOTHER F@CK JOB!

i don’t think i will ever get over how hard it is to convince a client their ideas are STUPID

yo @recruiterUSA I need a job can you find me one??

My boss is the most intrusive, nosey, & annoying person I’ve ever met in my life! I could kill myself with how much I hate working for him.

Decided that I am clearly not one for client management. Especially incredibly stupid, arrogant clients who have few brains, fewer manners.

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Funny things my grandmother said

by Stephanie A. Lloyd on December 26, 2009 · 1 comment

in Family

Cartoon by Hugh MacLeod

My grandmother is 87 years old, and she’s one of the most opinionated people I know.

She says a lot of really funny things, and I think what’s funniest is that she truly doesn’t realize the irony.

Anyway, it’s the holidays, and everyone is thinking and talking about family, so I thought I’d share a couple of these delicious little morsels with you.

You know, since I didn’t bake anything for you…

By the way…her name is Dorothy, but because I couldn’t say that when I was learning to talk, I called her Do (pronounced like doe a deer), and it’s stuck ever since.

§ § § § §

Do: Oh, there’s that Hillary [Clinton] [on TV] again.

Do: I can’t stand that woman.

Me:

Do: Every time I see her I just want to punch her.

Do: Kick her in the teeth.

Me:

Me: I seem to recall you saying the same thing about Barack Obama, and then you voted for him.

Do, a life-long Republican: Well, who was I supposed to vote for…JOHN MCCAIN??

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Do: I just don’t know what’s going to happen to this country.

Me:

Do: I hear they’re not going to bail out the automakers.

Me: Yep.

Me: Good.

Do: Well, what are we going to do? HOW WILL ANYONE HAVE ANY CARS??

Me: There are, um, other automakers, you know…

Do, disgusted at the thought of anyone buying a non-US car: WELL.

Me: Besides. Those factories aren’t going to just sit there.

Me: New companies will be formed with better business plans and cars that people want to buy.

Me: They’ll retool the factories, and rehire and retrain the workers.

Do, obviously thinking way back in time: We used to have the nicest Chevys…and Buicks…

Me: Well, the quality isn’t there any more, and those companies are doing poorly because of it.

Do:

Do: You know what?

Do: You’re right.

Do: That Buick I have out there is a piece of JUNK!!

§ § § § §

Do: I really like your new car…

Me: Thanks!

Me: I didn’t think you’d like it since it’s German.

Do: No, they’re not German.

Me:

Do: BMW stands for British Motor Works.

Me:

Me, trying to keep a straight face: Oh.

Me: Yes.

Me: Right.

Me: It does!

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How to not be rude to your co-workers

by Stephanie A. Lloyd on December 4, 2009 · 5 comments

in Workplace Issues

Cartoon by Hugh MacLeod

If one more person asks me “How’s your love life?” I’m going to punch them in the face.

Fortunately I learned a long time ago how to shut someone up really fast when they say that after I figured out that it’s always married men who ask single people such a rude and stupid question. (No offense to married men but single people never say that to each other and neither do women.)

My response?

“How’s yours?”

Funny how quickly they change the subject.

And how about all of the dumb things people say after finding out that someone doesn’t want kids?

“Aren’t you worried about ending up old and lonely?”

Aren’t YOU worried about ending up old and lonely?? Because that’s what’s going to happen if you keep talking to people like this.

“It’s a woman’s greatest achievement.”

Oh.

So if I don’t pop out a kid I haven’t achieved anything? That’s my only possible purpose on this planet?

“You should have at least one of your own.”

Oh really? Well you should get a nose job and some lipo but you don’t see me walking around berating you about it, do you?

What’s the rudest thing someone has said to you at work — and how did you counter it?

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Working for a bully? What you can do about it right. now.

November 20, 2009

There is a Workplace Bullying Institute!
WHO KNEW?
And their tagline is, “Work shouldn’t hurt.”
Ok. I am in love with this organization and their mission!
I just wish I’d known about them when I worked for was being tortured by Evil Boss Lady.
If you’ve got a bullying boss, following are some things that you can do about it [...]

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When the young waitress started crying at our table we knew it was time to go

October 13, 2009

This headline grabbed my attention this morning in my SmartBrief on Entrepreneurs daily newsletter: Entrepreneurs, know when to bend your rules.

The article starts with a Q + A.

Q: “I will ask yet again: Can I have the check now please? We just want to get out of this restaurant already.” — Steve

A: [...]

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He Said, She Said – Volume 4 | Healing the customer’s brand relationship

August 30, 2009

As you may have read in previous posts on my blog, I’ve had some trouble with Sears over the past ten days.
I thought it might be constructive to provide some ideas for the CEO and executive team at Sears so we took today’s episode straight to their door.
It was my turn to ask the question, [...]

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Misadventures with Sears, continued

August 30, 2009

When I last wrote about my series of misadventures with Sears [that is putting it sooo nicely] it was Wednesday and Sears had called to tell me that I would not be receiving my mattress set that day because they had put it on the wrong truck.
That was the second whole day within a week [...]

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Why I (now) heart Comcast, Part II and why I hate Sears

August 26, 2009

How fitting.
In Part I of Why I (now) heart Comcast I wrote about how Comcast ruined my birthday on 08.29.06.
And now it seems that Sears is now also determined to ruin my birthday which is this Saturday 08.29.09.
For my birthday my mom ordered a new mattress set for me.
Glamorous, I know.
However, I’m not in to [...]

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Why I (now) love Comcast, Part I

July 14, 2009

It’s no secret that I heart Comcast. I would consider my hate-then-love relationship with Comcast a good example of how companies can use social media to turn frustrated and furious customers into raving fans, and to deliver customer service in a whole new way.
I won’t lie. I’m impressed with what Comcast has done to turn [...]

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