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Why I won’t shop at Office Depot anymore

Monday, March 8th, 2010

This is the letter I enclosed with the multiple items I’m returning to Office Depot via UPS today:
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Dear Office Depot,
I can’t even begin to tell you how dissatisfied I am with your company right now.  I will never make a purchase from your company again.  Here’s why:
All I wanted was new ink for my home [...]

MJ

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Okay I wasn’t going to say anything.  I wasn’t going to rant about this.  I was just going to let this slide, because I’m 42 weeks pregnant and so focused on bringing my child into the world that keeping up with current events shouldn’t even be on my radar screen.  But I’m realizing that I just [...]

vacation, all I ever wanted

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

So a coworker of mine who - in my opinion - happens to be maybe a little too aggressive with deadlines and schedules for THE ONE AND ONLY PROJECT THAT HE HAS TO HANDLE here at work (as opposed to my 8-10 major projects at any given time…not that I’m complaining because I actually love [...]

I just can’t let this go without comment.

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

From thepittsburghchannel.com: “PITTSBURGH — If Port Authority workers vote to strike in September, downtown business leaders want to be prepared for their employees’ commuting and transportation issues.”
So what does our HR department do?  Sends out a survey.  Sounds like a good idea, right? 
Well it WOULD be, if the survey asked us anything of relevance.   But [...]

Fecal Philosophies

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Life Philosophy #2: The reward one gets from not shitting in one’s pants is not having to walk around with shit in one’s pants.
 I have very few basic rules-of-thumb about life that I feel strongly should be universal.  Actually, until recently, I only had one:
Life Philosophy #1: Don’t shit where you eat.  Animals are programmed to [...]

Fired Up

Friday, March 7th, 2008

What are the ODDS that the one time I’m on crutches in nearly 15 years that I will be in a building that must be evacuated due to a fire?  Not a drill mind you, but a real fire.  You’d think they’d be low.  I mean, seriously.
So I’m at work yesterday afternoon, probably about 15 [...]

Freak Show Du Jour

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

So I’m new to the whole blogging thing.  Quite obviously.   I figured the best way to start is well, with my observation of the day - lame as it might be.
Two weeks ago today I had a bunion removed.  And while I didn’t have a whole lot of knowledge about bunions before I knew I [...]