I was quite early for work today, so I stopped at a gas station to fill up. When I got back in the car it wouldn't start. I called roadside assistance, and they said they'd have a tow truck there in 45 minutes. An hour later I called them to get an eta. The first tow company completely flaked out. They said they'd call a second company and call me
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The friends I have left with jobs are holding down the work of the two or three others in their department that are laid off. But that's becoming less of a problem, because as time goes on, there isn't much to be done anyway. No customers.
I spent a couple of hours out in the 100+ heat a week ago with a dead battery. Hood up, with a dead glow stick, trying to scrape the corrosion of it. No one around me even so much as asked me what was up. Except one guy on foot, who peered in and said, "You need to pour some diet coke on that." DIET coke? Huh? That's advertisitng for you, I guess.
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work too far to bike to?
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Perhaps your company would be willing to provide such a benefit if a few employees asked for it.
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Good luck with solving the commute! That was always the hardest part of my experience in the corporate world.
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Why?
I already spend 10 hours a week commuting. I would need a POWERFUL motivation to increase that figure.
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