Workplace Stories

The Boss Worn-out shoes, rejection-blues – she’d felt her share of pain, her time in grade and dues she’d paid – it seemed were all in vain. And then she learned her luck had turned – an offer came her way, a late reply – an HR-guy had read her resumé. The long commute and crowded route had put her way-behind, to run astray her maiden-day was not the way to shine. Like hell on wheels – in hose and heels, she crossed the p...

© Copyright 2008, 2010 By Autumn Writer Chapter 2: Summer For there is a man whose labor is in wisdom and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion? This also is vanity and a great evil. For what hath man of all his labor, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath labored under the sun? Ecclesiastes 2: 21-22 May 1950 Hal sat in his pickup truck, looki...

My job I really don’t mind, It’s the people and the work, Especially the guy next to me, Who personifies the word “jerk.” I wish he would do something, Anything to earn his pay, Instead he just gets on my nerves, And my nerves are starting to fray. This jerk is looking for a better job, And keeps asking me for advice, Do I look like a Google search bar? But instead I just try to be nice. He actually asked me for a referra...