‘BUSINESS NEWS’ Archives
Sit ‘N Sleep v.s Custom Comfort
WEEKEND - My back has been hurting, like for the...well.... last 2 years, so finally we have decided to get a new mattress to stop the pain. Yeah, it's not that it was hurting everyday, but it's definitely not pleasant having back pains every now and then. So 2.5 years ago I got this cheap mattress (~400) from Sit 'N Sleep, and it was wonderful [...]
Boring Ethics Training ….
CUBICLE - Every now and then, we would get this Email from the corporate asking us to go through some online Ethics training. I never liked doing these things because I thought this was just to satisfy some government requirement or whatever, and the company just had to do it, and obviously, I had to do it, too. Today I finally got some time [...]
Can You Do Me A Favor?
CUBICLE - Oh, how I abhor this sentence every time I hear it... it's like someone just ripped a big one in the elevator and you just have to try hard to act that it's really not you! "Can you do me a favor?" Yuck!! But it doesn't matter how it leaves that stanch every single time, I have to hear it many times a week. Mr. A: "Hey, can you do [...]
They Don’t Teach You This In B-School
CUBICLE - I was chatting with a coworker who just quit, and it's interesting how the conversation went. At first we were all saying congrats and stuff like that (very surface level stuff), but then as he sat down, he started saying how good the new place is, and of course, the next thing was how bad his boss was. This soon-to-be-ex-coworker of [...]
Red Brick Pizza Sucks!
RED BRICK PIZZA - We were hoping that we wouldn't bump into the same guy today as we went out for lunch, because last time he gave us some BS attitude. Who is he? Some guy working Red Brick Pizza at 6721 Quail Hill Pkwy, Irvine, CA! Today we got a coupon to get any customized pizza plus a cup of gelato for $6, and we were so excited that [...]
Sleeping with Eyes Open
CONFERENCE ROOM - I did it today~! Yes, I did it! Today I finally achieved something I've only seen in movies or heard of, but never experienced. I slept for a few seconds with my eyes open... I've gone to the next level. We had a meeting today for 2 hours, and I was having the hardest time staying focused because 1) it was boring, 2) the AC [...]
Is This Meeting Necessary???
CONFERENCE ROOM - The engineers in my group have been working hard on this monthly presentation, one that usually takes at least 8 hours to prepare for, and one that we absolutely abhor. Usually in this meeting, we have to present how our products are performing, and how we're going to implement the corrective actions to make the quality even [...]
What You Write in Emails…
CUBICLE - When I first started working many years ago doing Email technical support, I learned that it's never wrong to be polite and courteous in the Emails, whether the person you're talking to is the same or not. It's not because whether you will piss off this person or not, but rather about how this pissed-off person (if it happens to be so) [...]
