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Obvious Insensitivity

As the people who read my blog are probably well aware, I work at a gas station. Yesterday was unusually hot for this area. Since the...

Corporate Apprenticeship

I wanted to get back to my education idea. How about a hypothetical situation: Say you have Several high performing high school juniors....

The Golden State?

California is known as the “Golden State.” Historically speaking, there have been several reasons for this nickname. One obvious reason...

Entitlement Syndrome

What would you do with a million dollars? What about 100 million? When the thought of gaining a lot of money without working for it comes...

Working Education?

Our economy is in a slump, there is no denying that. Especially out here on the west coast people have to fight for a living. I have a...

Stupidity Behind the Wheel

I know I’m on a stupidity kick lately, but I live in California, so I can’t help it. Yesterday I went to pick my man up from the BART...

Advising Ignorance

Has anyone ever wondered how so many people get paid to give others advice? What bothers me is the fact that most people giving that...

Internal Stupidity

Working in customer service, you’d think that all, or nearly all, of the stupidity that I deal with on a regular basis would come from...

Misled…

I’ve been getting very frustrated with job hunting lately. Companies are determined to list sales and customer service as the same thing....

Mass (Un)Intelligence

According to statistics, the average IQ in the US is around 90. At first glace, I’m like “No, that’s not right.” Seriously, 80 is...

Media Hype

I work in customer service. People do a lot of…things and I’m sure we’ll get into that stuff, but this has to do with a piece of paper I...

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