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Category: Jobs

  • Mudgeonly Monday:  Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes – But Not Changes In Latitude

    Mudgeonly Monday: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes – But Not Changes In Latitude

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22543 – 862 Here’s the haps: Greetings, Salutations, Hello There, Hearty Handshakes and/or Fistbumps(according to your personal preferences), and Hi Guys! I apologize for not getting around to your blogs in a timely manner but a lot went on this weekend. Mrs. Herb was in the E.R. with…

  • A Mask Can Help Others And Hide A Jerk As Well

    A Mask Can Help Others And Hide A Jerk As Well

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22224 – 768: Here’s the haps: I have heard all of the hype about wearing/not wearing masks until I am just really tired of it. If you ask me, which you kind of are doing by coming here, I think they can be helpful. The caveats including…

  • Leaving The Big Blue Box The First Time

    Leaving The Big Blue Box The First Time

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22172 – 742: I had originally posted this at the end of May of 2015 when it originally happened but I thought it kind of fit in here after the several retail stories from the same place. It’s kind of hard to wrap my head around the…

  • Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho It’s Back To Work I Go

    Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho It’s Back To Work I Go

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22144 – 716: Some of you may recall that I had started job hunting a couple of months ago. I have been increasingly disappointed by the lack of hours the office supply store was giving me, down to a few hours one day a week and sometimes…

  • Retail Faux Pas 1976 – By Yours Truly

    Retail Faux Pas 1976 – By Yours Truly

    Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22116-687: I was over at A.J. McGregor’s blog Saturday night and read her post called, “Other Things # 7 – One of My Most Insensitive Moments“. I felt her pain and understood how it feels to say something and as soon as it escapes from between your…

  • Lookin’ For Work

    Lookin’ For Work

    Finding a job is really annoying. Even in this electronic age when it ought to be easier than ever, it’s just really frustrating. Oh, don’t get me wrong, the old days were no picnic, riding the bus all over town all day long, following leads from the want ads and…

  • What Do You Represent?

    What Do You Represent?

    Life is full of symbols and representations. My work uniform represents something. People see it and form ideas, right or wrong, about me based on what they have seen or been exposed to previously. I have always been conscious of this whenever I have had a job that had a…

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