I will be performing How to Get Fired! at Mercyhurst College in Erie, PA on April 14th. I love the name of this college. It alternately sounds loving and painful at the same time, and would look excellent on someone’s upper arm, perhaps surrounded by flames, but most definitely centered over a heart with a…
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Customer Service: Charge People for Things They Are Used to Getting for Free!!!
I am just going to assume that most of you know what you get for free. Or used to get for free. Take a moment if you need to remind yourself what those things were. Most businesses are finding new and innovative ways to charge for things you once expected to have handed to you.…
Continuing with my tour de higher education, I will be at Indiana University-Kokomo, doing How to Get Fired! Oh, and the Indiana University-Kokomo mascot is the Cougars, which is super-awesome given that one of their biggest majors is nursing, it’s 70% female, and the average student is over 25. I simply cannot think of a place…
Welcome back, students! I will be starting the summer semester at Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Missouri today, April 6th. Culver-Stockton is the smallest college I have ever heard of, with an entire school population just under 600 people. I’d imagine that rush must be pretty easy for the Greeks on campus- “Hey, guess what! You’re…
Customer Service: That’s Some Fine Print Work, Lou.
When you think of fine print, you might think of your local car dealership ads in the newspaper (you know, that roll of gray paper that used to show up on your doorstep every morning when you were a kid. It had the funnies in it…you now use it to pack things when you move.…
Spying – It’s Not Wrong If They Never Find Out
As we all know, the moment you step inside your place of employment, you are subject to the whims of your employer. For the most part, your employer has created ‘best practices’ to help you move through the morass of your workday as fluidly as you can. For the most part. But there is something…
Good News, Everyone!
How to Get Fired! goes on sale today. That’s right, today! As the world awakens, my influence will be spread into the collective consciousness, freeing up the time and minds of thousands, nay millions of potential employees! Productivity will plummet! Purchases of Xbox Live accounts will soar! Let the Pink Slip Revolution begin! (Bwa-ha-haaa!) But…
Just When You Think That the World Maybe Makes Sense…
Here’s some information to ponder: ten years after graduating from college, philosophy majors earn more than business administration or nursing majors. Don’t believe me? Check out this link: http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/career-articles-college_grads_which_ones_earn_the_most-1103 Now, if you’ll pardon me, I have to go. My brain is about to explode.
Warm and Fuzzy Moment: Rupert Murdoch
We all know him: the CEO of News Corp. Billionaire. Australian. World-class curmudgeon. But do we really know him? I mean- know him, know him? Turns out, nobody does. Here’s a quote about him from someone who knew him (before Murdoch had the man deported): “He travels alone, but then he is a loner. The…