Tag: Coworkers
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Places I Never Thought I’d Go (or, be let into): Walt Disney World
I have tried several times now to sit down and write about our March trip to Cambodia, but I struggle with it each time. Basically, Cambodia broke my heart. It’s not just the fact that its people are desperately poor. I’ve been to plenty of economically disadvantaged places. My personal-travel-arranger-for-life XFE pointed out that many…
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The Emotional Healing Power of Naples (and Pizza)
My cab driver doesn’t seem to have enough hands. I’m bumping along Naples chaotic, narrow, cobblestoned streets in the back of a cab. My cab driver is holding his phone up to his left ear, swerving in and out of the bumper-to-dented-bumper traffic. I think he’s fighting with the person on the other line. He’s…
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Disproportionate Excitement: Jeans Day at Work
I have a few more posts on Peru, but let’s take a little break to discuss something even more exciting and earth shaking than pisco sours and ancient ruins. Last Friday was Jeans Day at work. This is a very big deal. Honestly, HR could have told me they had installed a kitten playpen next…
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Don’t Be That Guy: The Finance Department
As a writer, I work in the communications division of my organization. We’re very spread out, mostly along the second floor of our building. Although, our poor copy editor is on the fifth floor, which makes for very interesting walkabouts during the editing process. Anyway, by some weird twist of assigned seating fate, I sit…