My HR HERO T-shirt
Paul in Cannon Beach
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I'm sporting my new HR HERO t-shirt in the office and reading my new "Fifty States" employment law reference book.
Its great reading. I'm trying to decide what is the best state to practice HR in. Certainly not California!
Its great reading. I'm trying to decide what is the best state to practice HR in. Certainly not California!
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California and Californians are 'different'. A friend practices Employment Law out there and he could tell you horror stories.
The husband hadn't returned home from his night shift that morning. His car was still in the parking lot so they conducted a search of the plant and then the grounds. Walking along the back of the building, he noticed that there was an odd looking path on the ground that lead from the back door of the plant into the desert. He called the police to continue the search and, sure enough, at the far end of that path was the worker. Unfortunately, he was dead.
The investigation into that was a nightmare for sure. Can you imagine? How do you explain that to corporate?
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I think that's how it's supposed to be worn, Linda. I know you're certainly not supposed to wear pants with it, silly!
Definitely, foul play. Turns out a coworker had committed the crime, drug him out to the desert, then came back in to work as cool as a cucumber. Some nerves that guy has. I would haver been as jittery as a long tail cat in a room full of rocking chairs.
I'm guessing that the path that had a distinct "dragged out by the heels" look to it, made it clear that he didn't walk off the job.
Eeek, orange shag carpet....you've given me a flashback to the apartment I rented for 10 before I bought my house! When I moved in, the carpet was really threadbare, so at some point a few years into my time there, the landlady decided it was time to replace it. I got all excited about new carpet, and she actually let me look at carpet samples and pick some I liked. She didn't tell me she'd gotten a really good deal on bright orange shag instead of the nice neutral non-shag stuff that I'd picked out, so when I went back after the carpet installers were done I almost had a heart attack! It was especially jarring in the room right next to the kitchen, which had last been redecorated in the '70s and was painted a very intense mustard yellow - the walls & the ceiling - and had yellow, orange, and lime-green flowered contact paper covering all the cupboard doors. The bathroom also had the exact same color scheme. I still have nightmares about that place from time to time!
Nope, can't take the credit for pointing out Cali's awe inspiring legal system. As a native I would [B]never[/B] put my home state down (wink, wink, nudge, nudge) - PICB started the ragging on California...
"Its great reading. I'm trying to decide what is the best state to practice HR in. [B]Certainly not California[/B]!"
I'm taking notes.
The paneling in your office is not particularly ugly, it's just that it might look better if it were painted instead of stained. For example, I have painted beaded board in my kitchen that looks, in my opinion, quite lovely. It's light yellow with a white glaze and a couple coats of clear poly over that. It goes half way up the wall and the top portion of the wall is a blue, white, and yellow toile wallpaper. The cabinets are white with denim blue counter tops and the floor is a yellow and white checkerboard.
In your case, you could paint the beaded board neon blue, the upper wall sunny yellow, and paint all the trim fire engine red. Just a suggestion. 8-|
Sharon
Are you suggesting I paint my office to look like a McDonalds? Maybe I will and maybe I'll invite you to come see it (if I get my trapdoor installed).
Are you suggesting I paint my office to look like a McDonalds? Maybe I will and maybe I'll invite you to come see it (if I get my trapdoor installed).[/quote]
Meanie! Painted wood is a good thing. By the way, McDonald's is moving away from the circus colors and is going beige. Re the trap door, have you tried posting a "no loitering" sign?
What are we discussing?
But what do you do about those poor souls who just won't take the hint? The ones who ask you for a refill as long as you are going that way.
LOL!
Well, you know how it goes. As part of an increased effort to be green, plus the measured benefit of reducing publication cost, we determined that the California section might actually be better as a separate bulk product sold by the pound!
But what do you do about those poor souls who just won't take the hint? The ones who ask you for a refill as long as you are going that way.[/QUOTE]
When people have overstayed their welcome in my office, I will often get up, walk them out of my office and head down the hall toward the bathroom. Usually they get the hint, particularly if I stand there outside the bathroom door doing a little "gotta go" jig while they are talking to me. Of course, there's bound to be some day where that won't work and I'll come out and find them standing right outside the door waiting for me, but so far it hasn't happened yet!
I have had them go into the bathroom with me and stand outside the stall. I also once had a part time employee (high school student) who would come looking for me in the bathroom and stand outside my stall asking me questions. She had just moved here from Viet Nam (early 80's) though, and bathroom rituals were quite different there than they were here. Still, it became a joke around the company and people started pretending to follow me into the restroom and occassionally stand outside the stall door and call my name for fun.