November 2007 Archives
26 November 2007
Chinese Olympic Yell Practice
Chinese learn to clap and chant for Olympics (Richard Spencer, Telegraph)
They clapped, they waved, they chanted in happy unison - and the Olympics does not even start for eight months.
The 200 dairy workers gathered with their stick-shaped drumming balloons were among the first Beijing citizens to undergo Olympic cheering practice, the latest initiative by the city government to ensure its citizens prove themselves deserving of the Games next year.
Dairy workers?
They should have imported some Aggies to teach them how to yell!
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 11/26/07 10:12 | Other | Technorati | Comments (1)
21 November 2007
A case of the Natty and a pack of your cheapest menthols
On our way to visit the Center of the Universe (really!) in Tulsa yesterday, we made a pit stop at a convenience store in Cleveland, OK (or CLE, as the boys on the Hardline might say).
There was a worn, older woman in front of us at the store.
Really worn.
She plopped down a case of Natural Light, and proceeded to tell the cashier,
"Gimme a pack of your cheapest menthols."
She then took these necessities out to her truck, and went off on her way.
I'd like to think she was listening to Merle Haggard. Or maybe some Okie band.
That would just about make it a trifecta.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 11/21/07 21:14 | Other | Technorati | Comments (5)
07 November 2007
I now have mad, company-provided SKILLZ!
At BigCo, we are getting ready to switch over to a web-based HR data system for the next fiscal year.
It may actually be pretty slick, if BigCo manages to implement it properly (always the question for BigCos everywhere).
Of course, these sorts of things bring about that fun circumstance known as "mandatory training."
And so today, in a two-hour session, I learned useful new things, like how to enter my phone number in a web-based form.
Seriously. I now have mad skillz! Envious?
I understand that BigCos do need to educate employees on new systems. But these sorts of overly-long sessions can just be torture for reasonably competent, intelligent, creative people. Especially when there are numerous not-really-relevant questions from people who seem to specialize in those sorts of questions, and the sessions devolve into brain-cell-killing tedium.
I think it's these slices of life from Big Corporate America that help explain the popularity of shows like The Office and Office Space (and also make me wonder how Big Corporate America manages to get a damn thing done on any given day).
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 11/07/07 10:37 | Other | Technorati | Comments (4)
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