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At the morning meeting yesterday before work my one coworker comes up and says "You'll be proud of me!" I inquire why and she replies ( Read more... )

 The company where I work is throwing our annual party on Thursday, with the theme 'Bird is the Word' (we like that 'Surfin' Bird' song). Initially, the colleagues who are organising it wanted to put on some kind of raffle where our guests would compete to win birds in cages to take home with them. After a very stressful couple of days and a lot of ( Read more... )

I've had this question at the back of my mind for some time, but it seems especially relevant after 
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I work work at a "home" (more like a centre where people stay from 4 days to 3 weeks at a time) for multihandicapped people, and I'm just home from the night shift.

At work last night my coworker (a lady the age of my mum, 50ish) had brought snacks for the night. She had ice cream and strawberries - I really couldn't turn her down!
It's hard enough ( Read more... )

I just graduated from undergrad and I have the whole summer off before I start grad school. I'm looking for a summer job, and a few issues have come up. Would you work at a job that didn't jive with your morals? For instance, would you work at a restaurant that served meat? What do you think about working at a pet store? Or what about for a store ( Read more... )

So I work at a Before+After School Care and Vacation Care Centre with school aged children (4-12), and I just read our holiday program which will start in two weeks. And to my dismay one of the outings that have been planned is a fishing trip (Program states "Bring your own handlines!"). Not happy Stan, and the worse thng is, it's too late to ( Read more... )

I have been vegan for a few years now, and I have never had a problem with people being anything other than passively intrigued (What is that? Do you celebrate Halloween?) or over-accommodating (HI! I'D LIKE TO ORDER SOMETHING FOR MY VEGAN FRIEND. SHE IS VEEE-GUNNN. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING VEEEGAN ( Read more... )

Started a new job this week. I have one coworker who keeps remarking "eat a hamburger" or "eat meat"...I find it rather rude and want to shut her up but do not need to get fired on my second week. How would you deal with it?

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