Dr Wingnut

Year: 2008

  • Perception

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    Sometimes you just wonder…  I came across this job posting on Monster.com today from a Credit Union looking for an IT Manager.In the text of the posting, they identify themselves as, “As a 72 year old, financially sound, technologically advanced employer, you can count on us for competitive salary and benefits as well as career…

  • Turbulence

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    Turbulence is life force.  It is opportunity.  Let’s love turbulence and use it for change.Ramsey Clark

  • Surviving work

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    Three little sentences that will get you through life.  Number 1: Cover for me.  Number 2: Oh, good idea, Boss!  Number 3: It was like that when I got here.Homer Simpson

  • Customer Service

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    I thought that this picture, by Phillip Toledano, was an outstanding example of the end of customer service, idea number 2 that self-service has forever changed the way that services are delivered.It really epitomizes the fact that most self-service makes you feel like you’re standing out in the wind with no one at the other…

  • Why Parents Drink

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    A father passing by his son’s bedroom was astonished to see that his bed was nicely made and everything was picked up.  Then he saw an envelope, propped up prominently on the pillow that was addressed to “Dad.”With the worst premonition he opened the envelope with trembling hands and read the letter.Dear Dad:It is with…

  • Games

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    Children are the most desirable opponents at Scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.Fran Lebowitz

  • Good stewardship

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    … The U.S. government clears forests; plants grass; builds roads, cattle guards, and fences; diverts streams; blows up beaver dams; “improves” habitats; monitors the health of livestock; excises predators, including 80,000 coyotes; and poisons, traps, or shoots more than 30,000 prairie dogs and beavers—both keystone species—each year.The result of this federal largesse, and the enclosure…