Office Life

Assigning Employees to Departments

Take the prospective employees you are trying to place and put them in a room with only a table and two chairs.

Leave them alone for two hours, without any instruction. At the end of that time, go back and see what they are doing.

• If they have taken the table apart, put them in Engineering.I


• f they are counting the butts in the ashtray, assign them to Finance.


• If they are waving their arms and talking out loud, send them to Consulting or Sales.


• If they are talking to the chairs, Personnel is a good spot for them.


• If they are jittery and crazed from 2 hours without an internet connection, Computer Information Systems is their home.


• If the room has a sweaty odour, put them in Help Desk.I


• f they mention what a good price we got for the table and chairs, send them to Purchasing.


• If they mention that hardwood furniture DOES NOT come from rainforests, Public Relations would suit them well.


• If they are sleeping, they are Management material.


• If they are writing up the experience, send them to the Technical Documents team.If they don't even look up when you enter the room, assign them to Security.


• If they try to tell you it's not as bad as it looks, send them to Marketing.
  

Only One More Day

Tomorrow is opening day for most NFL teams ,with the exception of Giants who beat the Redskins on Thursday. Despite their heartbreaking loss (mostly my heart) at the Super Bowl, the Patriots look poised for another great season. Despite having had continuing problems with a foot injury Brady is not on the injury list, which is unusual becuase he's been on the list forever because of his shoulder. Brady has started 127 straight regular season and playoff games and it looks like the trend will continue.
Other Pats on the injury list are WR Sam Aiken (out, knee); TE Benjamin Watson (doubtful, knee); Outside linegacker Dan Connely (questionable, knee), Center/Guard Russ Hochstein (questionable groin); and defensive lineman Le Kevin Smith (questionable, knee),
The Pats have announced their captains for this season. On the offense Randy Moss, Tom Brady, and Matt Light will serve as captains. Defensive Captains are Vince Wilfork, Teddy Bruschi, Mike Vrabel, and Rodney Harrison. Larry Izzo will serve as special teams captain.
The Kansas City Chiefs have their work cut out for them with a starting quarterback, (Brodie Croyle) that has never won a game. But as Pats fans learned last year don't ever count anything out.


To watch video on the Patriots go to: http://www.patriots.com/mediacenter/index.cfm?ac=VideoNewsdetail&pid=33694&pcid=111

Aren't You Glad It Wasn't You

Remember the Seinfeld episode where Jerry forget to turn in a book from high school and the library "detective" came looking for him years later. Well, it turns out that something like that can really happen.

A 20 year old Wisconsin woman was arrested for not paying her library fines. Apparently she had ignored phone calls and a letter to appear in court. The woman had to pay $30 in fines and her mother had to pay $172 dollars to get her out of jail.

Travel Safely

Just thought I'd give some safety travel tips since I have been discussing vacations and travel. There is nothing worse than being a long way from home and having something bad happen.

• Always carry important papers with you. Don't check them with your luggage.
• Don't wear flashy jewelry. You make yourself a target for would be theives.
• Carry a small flashlight. You never know when you will need one.
• Make sure you have all your medications that you need and that they are properly labeled.
• Just in case, make a medical history form which includes your blood type, allergies, immunizations, doctor's name, and an emergency contact.

Most likely you will have a safe trip but never hurts to be careful.

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Vacation in Vermont

Vermont, like New Hampshire, is filled with beautiful fall scenery; and one good thing about Vermont is no hurricanes! (Had to throw that in there, I'm sitting in Florida right now). Vermont is a great place to head if you like hiking. Some of the best trails are:

• Mount Olga


• Pleiad Lake


• Mount Elmore


• Mount Independence


• Mount Philo

Vermont also has many historic sites that you won't want to miss including the Calvin Coolidge Homestead in Plymouth, Chester Arthur Birthplace in Fairfield, Justin Morrill Homestead in Strafford, Chimney Point in Addison. and the Old Constitution House in Windsor.

While taking in the beautiful scenery don't forget to stop by one of Vermont's numerous road side stands for fresh from the farm produce. Happy Traveling!!

IT"S HERE

With everything else going on in the news,the start of the NFL season is here. The Washington Redskin will face off against defending Super Bowl champs New York Giants. The Giant have a lot to live up to and the loss of Osi Umenyioraand the retirement of Michael Strahan,the Giants may have a long road ahead of them. However, the oddsmakers have the Giants over the Redskins. For myself I'm gearing up for Sunday for what will probably be the story of the day Brett Favre starting for the Jets against Miami.

Oh and one more thing GO PATS!

Traveling America

One of my dreams is to travel around the US and visit all the sites from bizarre to fantastic. With that in mind, I have decided to share some vacation destination and ideas that might inspire you on your own travels.

Everyone knows that New England is an ideal vacation spot for a fall get away. There are a variety of different fall foilage tours fromaone day jaunt from Boston on the Fall Foilage Bus Trip to a 9 day tour through New England on Harmon Travel.

If you are the type that likes to explore on your own there are numerous sites forthe could be adventurer. It would be an injustice for all New England has to offer to cram everything into one blog, so today we start with New Hampshire. Here are some of my favorites:

• The Castle in the Clouds Built in1913 in Moultonboro, New Hampshire, this mountaintop retreat sits on 5,500 acres and encompasses 183 miles of shorelines. While there, you can enjoy panoramic views, lunch at the Carriage House Cafe, nature walks,and much more. Please visit their site at: http://www.castleintheclouds.org/index.html


• Mount Washington above the Clouds At 6288 feet the drive is well worth it. For more information go to: http://www.mountwashington.com/index.html


• Franconia Notch State Park and The Flume Gorge In the Plume Gorge walls rise up 90 feet in the air. In this area is also the remnants of the "Old Man in the Mountain." Beautiful scenery and exhilarating nature walks make this well worth the visit.

Next time I'll bring you some ideas for Vermont vacations.

Let's Bury the Hatchet for good

Last week was not a good week for me. What makes it even worse is that people in those situations attempt to make you feel better by uttering some bad cliche. I hate cliches, they don't make me feel better, they just make me want to ask the speaker "Is that the best you can come up with?"

Anyway, I walked into work, and a coworker who knew I had been having some problems zeroed in on me and asked if I was okay. She then continued by saying that we all go through problems so when life hands you lemons make lemonade. Make lemonade? Sure life might hand you lemons, but what about the sugar or a container to put it into?

Have you ever noticed how many cliches contradict each other. Like it's always darkest before the dawn and look on the bright side. How can you look on the bright side? It's dark out there. Or how about the ones that just contradict themselves. One I can't stand is "it goes without saying, then why do you have to say anything? Or my personal favorite..."no offense, but." You just know something bad is coming. Oh well there's always tomorrow.

Hurricane Gustav Strengthens

Hurricane Gustav is now a powerful Category 4 Hurricane and is expected to make landfall early next week. Forecasts have the center of Gustav moving into Louisiana either Monday or Tuesday. But please keep in mind that hurricanes are notorious for not following the predicted track. So just because you are not within the cone of the forecast does not mean you are in the clear. Also remember winds and rain can spread out from the center for quite a distance. Make sure you stay tuned to your local weather forecast.

I'll Miss You!!!!

Hey!(i am taking over the blog again!!!!) I just wanted to say goodbye to all of my friends i will miss you soooo much!!!!Terra i will miss hanging out with you and just laughing at each other. Allison i will miss being completely random with you and having a great time. Oh and talking about Twilight of course (don't worry i will let Edward visit you ;) )! And Audrey i will miss hanging out with you and doing dance stuff! I love you guys and will miss you sooooooooo much! I promise to call and email you guys all the time.Tell everyone I said hi and I will miss them. Well I will talk to you later.

Bye!