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Your Call is Very Important to Us

Your Call is Very Important to Us

by Katie Mullaly on 11. Aug, 2008 in Humor & Fun

I fucking hate call centers.
The reasons for this are numerous and multi-faceted. Specifically, I hate WORKING in call centers. Although I recently completed my sentence of telephonic servitude, my significant other jumped in front of that bullet to save my life. He is my hero.
I am going to try and paint a picture of how [...]

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Are You a Chronic Almost-Achiever or a 95% Kind of Person?

by Riyad Kalla on 18. Jul, 2008 in Life & World

Introduction
The purpose of this post is to take a look at a phenomenon I saw in my life and I think some of you might see in yours: chronic almost-achievement.
The ability to give every task 95%, but avoid giving anything 100% like the plague for fear of failure and self-disappointment.
Outline

What’s a 95%-er?
Why is 95% Bad?
Why [...]

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Video of a Crazy Guy Flipping Out at Work

Video of a Crazy Guy Flipping Out at Work

by Riyad Kalla on 05. Jun, 2008 in Humor & Fun, Life & World

These videos are always morbidly interesting, click to watch the security video and cell-video of a guy flipping out at work.
Update #1: Eugene gave us the heads up that this is actually a viral video for the upcoming Angelina Jolie movie “Wanted”, check it out:
Thanks Eugene!

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Playing Games (for 10mins) at Work Increases Productivity

Playing Games (for 10mins) at Work Increases Productivity

by Riyad Kalla on 29. May, 2008 in Life & World, Video Games

Caught the results of a new report (issued by PopCap) that taking breaks and playing games for 10mins at work increases productivity (and no, World of Warcraft doesn’t count):
A new report published today reveals that the current trend towards banning personal internet use in the workplace could be costing British businesses up to £4 billion [...]

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Winners of the "Saddest Cubicle" Contest

Winners of the "Saddest Cubicle" Contest

by Riyad Kalla on 19. Nov, 2007 in Humor & Fun

A long time reader just sent in this great post about Wired magazine’s “Saddest Cubicle Contest. There are 11 winners total with little stories for each sad cubicle, you should check them out.
These were some of my favorites… this guy had his office floor flood, so management combined two floors of employees into one. He [...]

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