Feb

Quick tip: Nice Headlights

Posted by cee Published in Daily Grind

If it’s dark enough that you need the headlights on, it might be a good idea to take your sunglasses off.
It seems counter-productive… just sayin’.
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Nov

Marry Up

Posted by cee Published in Words @ Work

Marry Up – /mar ee uhp/ (v)

to attach one or more ideas or tangible items to one another
to group together

Sentence:
“Let’s marry up the orders and ship them together.”

Note: This is not the same “marry up” as the action of marrying a person with a higher social status, income, education, or better looks.
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Nov

The Good Stuff

Posted by cee Published in Daily Grind

Today I went down to the cafeteria as I always do to grab some lunch in between meetings.
I got my usual, and got in line to pay. I was next in line and the guy in front of me was waiting for his credit card receipt. As the cashier handed him the receipt she said [...]

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Oct

Office Etiquette Tip #2: Email CC

Posted by cee Published in Training & Development

If you’re like most in the working world, the amount of emails you get is ridiculous. At my previous job I was receiving upwards of about 150 emails every day. The sad thing about that is there were probably about 15% of those that I didn’t even need to receive and it was wasted energy [...]

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Oct

Office Etiquette Tip #1: Your Crackberry

Posted by cee Published in Randomness

We all know ‘em and love ‘em so much that we almost hate them… our Blackberries.
The cell phone was invented and all of a sudden everyone was reachable no matter where they were. The Blackberry (aka The Crackberry due to it’s addictive nature) took that concept and multiplied it by about 10000000000.
Text, Picture mail, [...]

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Oct

5 Tips for Eating in the Office

Posted by cee Published in Friday Five

Since we’re in the office for most of our waking hours, it’s inevitable that eating will be taking place there. Here are some tips to eat and co-exist peacefully with your other colleagues:

Do not burn your popcorn — Even popcorn that isn’t burnt will leave a lingering smell around the microwave and wherever you eat [...]

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Sep

The Afternoon Crash

Posted by cee Published in Analyze This

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Sep

5 Reasons You Should Get To Work Early

Posted by cee Published in Friday Five

At my Former Company, the rules for getting to the office in the morning were pretty laid back. If you made it to work before 9:45, you were OK. I never made a huge effort to get there before 9. Here at Present Company, it’s a little bit different. They are more structured. There aren’t [...]

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Sep

Speaker Phone Seth

Posted by cee Published in CubeLand Cronies

It is my belief that the only people who should have a speaker-feature on their desk phone are the people who have an actual office… that can be shut off to the rest of the building with a door.
In past years, I think people in the office used the speaker phone to listen on calls [...]

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Sep

Lesson Learned in Procrastination

Posted by cee Published in Daily Grind, Training & Development

Today was a gorgeous day – the high probably didn’t even break the 90-degree point. I had another great, productive day and was looking forward to attending a fashion show this evening with some girlfriends. I planned to leave work at 5, but there was that *one last thing* to do and *one last email* [...]

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