tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post723511468007799372..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: The Snow Drifts Are Rising. A Report From the Real World By Cracker Jack.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-51123214214340470102013-03-13T22:39:05.578-04:002013-03-13T22:39:05.578-04:00Re "Winter Is Coming," I'm now imagi...Re "Winter Is Coming," I'm now imagining this sort of thing showing up at the Night Watch headquarters ("snaps for John Snow!"). Better yet, at King's Landing, where Joffrey will probably behead anyone who compliments anyone other than him. I've been watching too much Game of Thrones. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-15670591612665800982013-03-13T12:19:14.008-04:002013-03-13T12:19:14.008-04:00O genius!O genius!Frog and Toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377542172335502858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-87719302249291734892013-03-13T06:20:10.922-04:002013-03-13T06:20:10.922-04:00"Winter is coming."
Then you MUST inves..."Winter is coming."<br /><br />Then you MUST invest in my forthcoming student/administration laborcamp system.<br /><br />"Now is the winter of our discontent<br />Made glorious summer by this sun of York;<br />And all the clouds that lour'd upon our house<br />In the deep bosom of the ocean buried. <br />Now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths;<br />Our bruised arms Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660962615198939441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-83685981643212547302013-03-12T23:37:02.036-04:002013-03-12T23:37:02.036-04:00That sounds about right to me, Lucy. I think ther...That sounds about right to me, Lucy. I think there are some former cheerleaders who have found refuge in HR offices as well. Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-40628248373355313042013-03-12T22:42:02.152-04:002013-03-12T22:42:02.152-04:00Isn't HR just the Education Department of the ...Isn't HR just the Education Department of the business?The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-60065582029003493132013-03-12T22:42:00.025-04:002013-03-12T22:42:00.025-04:00* * * * * * * * * * * *
* * * * * * * * * *...<i>* * * * * * * * * * * *<br /> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * <br /> * * * * * * * * * * * * * *<br />* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *<br />* * * * Cal, * * * * * * * <br />* * * * Thanks for * * *<br />* * * a job well done. * *<br /> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *<br /> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * <br /> * * * * * * * * *Southern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-27337534789448580542013-03-12T18:14:16.739-04:002013-03-12T18:14:16.739-04:00This reminds me of the student-as-customer "t...This reminds me of the student-as-customer "training" I was subjected to about 20 years ago. Each team-building session began with a charter of house rules, each time ending with "recognition" and "celebration". Those were never defined. My idea of "celebration" would have been to get drunk.<br /><br />That "training" didn't do me any good Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-83763747911896497182013-03-12T16:03:12.216-04:002013-03-12T16:03:12.216-04:00My company's singular HR lady is actually a fo...My company's singular HR lady is actually a former 2nd grade teacher -- and it shows. She practically leads new employees around the office by the hand to introduce them to their coworkers. In her daily interactions, she's terribly condescending, because she literally has no other way of interacting with other humans besides teacher-child.<br /><br />It seems that HR has become a safe Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13327984687823524531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-4263899723997841612013-03-12T15:03:17.616-04:002013-03-12T15:03:17.616-04:00HR = snowflake (and/or the worst ignorant condesce...HR = snowflake (and/or the worst ignorant condescension that El Ed flakery currently produces) + fascist/Internal Affairs power trips.<br /><br />Doesn't HAVE to be that way, but WAY too often it IS that way...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-81506309265959679502013-03-12T14:13:37.403-04:002013-03-12T14:13:37.403-04:00I'd say it's already here, and the first s...I'd say it's already here, and the first snowflake is that HR person. Why isn't (s)he teaching kindergarten? (not that that would be good for the kindergartners, but that's the only place I've encountered such methods). Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.com