Three Reasons to Avoid Cosi for Lunch
[caption id="attachment_2987" align="alignright" width="254" caption="So where do I go to find delicious?"][/caption] With the weather being perfect over the weekend, we here at The Collared Sheep decided to do some spring cleaning for the business. After bouncing around town all morning, we settled on a company lunch at Cosi. Whoops. Here are three reasons to avoid Cosi on your next lunch break: 1 Speed I'm no linguist, but I'd bet Cosi actually means slow as shit. Never have I seen such a production to make a 2-inch thick sandwich. This was my first trip to Cosi, but I was able to thoroughly analyze everything on the menu ...
The Office Hangover: Prevention and Cures
[caption id="attachment_5656" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Patriot? Yes. Capable of properly raising a child? Questionable, Ke$ha."][/caption] A herd of fellow sheep and I recently embarked on an intrepid excursion to Dewey Beach, Del. for the Memorial Day weekend festivities. For a full account of the mayhem that occurred, you will have to read my personal blog, “Diary of an Average Douchebag.” (or read this) In it you will find full detail on how the women at Dewey are behaving like men. They are laying it down there for any passing dude to pick up, like they were raised by Ke$ha. After just ...
The Trick to Printing Dirty
The office can sometimes be a fast-paced environment (that's at least what we describe it to be in our resumes). Why let your printers and co-workers slow you down? This is not your average printer tricks for the home office geared to save paper and extend the life of your printer cartridge. Instead, this article is here to provide a few dirty tricks to get your print jobs done faster, albeit you may lose some friends in the process. Canceling another co-worker's print job. That's right. Most commercial printers allow you to bring up a list of ...
5 Arnold Schwarzenegger Roles That Teach Us About Life
By Addison Rodriguez Sheep Submission [caption id="attachment_4430" align="alignright" width="270" caption=""What?! It matches the couch!""][/caption] The latest and most serious hurdle to date in moving in with my girlfriend has been the inclusion of a 4x6-foot mural in our soon-to-be swank DC apartment. According to her, a larger-than-life portrait of John Matrix with a machine gun has no place in our living room. I beg to differ. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s resume reads as one big 63-year tally of kicking ass. He was Mr. Olympia seven times, and in the process made it socially acceptable for men to look at pictures of half naked men lifting weights. ...
Unsuck-it.com – Corporate Jargon and Buzzword Translator
“We need to leverage our core competencies to earn a better ROI.” “Moving forward, it’s mission critical that we are all on the same page.” “Get me some face time with this client so I...
Infographic: What Type of People Raise Money for Web Startups?
Some of us sheep dream of leaving the corporate world to try our luck starting a business of their own – many of them, online. Depending on the business and line of work, the start-up...
Real Estate Agent Uses Client’s House for “Romantic Escapades”
Selling a home in today's market can take time - so why not take a vacation while your agent sells your home? Well, here's exactly...
Workers Make Video Mocking Textbook Company
Sometimes the only appropriate way to let an employer know its failing is by mocking it in a video for all to...
Is Your Computer Monitor Making You Go Blind?
I decided to become a doctor because I wanted to transcend the mundaneness of the average office worker’s life. I wanted to reject all things trivial and bureaucratic. Each person was made to be his...
A ‘Scream Room’ is Something Every Office Needs
A great video submission depicting "the scream room". Not sure what that is? Well here's a hint: You want one at your office....
Two McDonalds Employees Punched By Nugget-less Woman
If you’re not a vegetarian, you know how special those golden arches are. Time of day doesn’t matter. Driving in the middle of the night? That giant ‘M’ illuminating the night sky will bring a smile...
The Office Refrigerator, a Black Hole
The shared office refrigerator is undeniably the most abused appliance found in my building. According to our SeamlessWeb sponsored Kitchen Contest, the rest of the world feels the same way too. Perishable foods seem to...
Mel Gibson Quits Hollywood on Dry Erase Board
"Jenny" showed us the greatest way to quit a job, if you're not a flight attendant, so it was only a matter of time before Mel Gibson followed...
Office Haiku: Friendly Reminder
Comedian David Cope, whose worked his fair share of day jobs, pens more of his finest Japanese poetry for 8/10/10's office...
5 “Steven Slaters” I Want to Pull at Work
There’s what we say. There’s what we think. And then there is Steven Slater. And if you’re curious what follows...
Infographic: Visualizing the Fortune 500 Companies
The Fortune 500 list is compiled annually by Fortune magazine, and lists the top 500 US companies ranked by gross revenue. That’s all fine and dandy, but with a list of 500 companies, it can...
5 Years In Jail For Printing Racist Flyers at Work
Carl Hreha Jr. was a computer technician in New Jersey for the Attorney General’s office and clearly was pretty unhappy. It sounded like he had a case of the Mondays every single week. Actually, it...
