And though I had slain a thousand foes less one,
The thousandth knife found my liver;
The thousandth enemy said to me,
'Now you shall die,
Now none shall know.'
And the fool, looking down, believed this,
Not seeing, above his shoulders, the naked stars,
Each one remembering.
--John M. Ford, The Final Reflection

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"The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this rested solely on my suspicion that I would never be fit for real work, and that writing didn't require any." - Russel Baker

Thursday, November 22, 2007

Ten More Things...

Ten things I learned from work:

1. CRT monitors make for excellent substitutions for microwave ovens if you know how to use them.

2. It is a bad idea to sign up for social networking sites such as Friendster and Multiply.

3. Never go on a trip when the organizer can't seem to settle the actual date two days before it's supposed to happen.

4. No matter how well-trained, call center agents are prone to making statements in English that have atrocious grammar and pronunciation.

5. There are times when you have to stop with the subtlety and shove the truth down someone's throat.

6. When it comes to dealing with management, you're always wrong until management proves itself wrong beyond reasonable (and unreasonable) doubt. Even then, you might still be considered wrong.

7. In lieu of an MP3 player or media player, use YouTube play lists and a pair of headphones.

8. The computer you're using will always be the one that has no administrator access.

9. If you're right but your idea doesn't fit the boss' view of things, nobody will listen to you and will conveniently forget that you got it right before anyone else did.

10. We're all inevitably screwed. It is simply a matter of how screwed we are by the end of it.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

"It is a bad idea to sign up for social networking sites such as Friendster and Multiply."

Why naman?