How to Beat that 2:30 Feeling
[caption id="attachment_11327" align="alignright" width="226" caption="The doctor will see you now..."][/caption] The first year of physician residency training is to mental endurance what the Ironman triathlon is to physical endurance. You constantly feel as if you are overwhelmed, futility is evident in the majority of your tasks, and there is always someone ahead of you in the race that is better at what you do than you are. At the end you feel a marginal sense of satisfaction and accomplishment, similar to taking a few jabs from Anderson Silva before being knocked-out in the second round. The more significant residual sensation is ...
The Dreaded Work Email Chain
[caption id="attachment_11656" align="alignright" width="170" caption="Kill me."][/caption] A few weeks ago, the crime was committed. Someone had inadvertently "replied all" to the Human Resource email that provided an update on our 401K enrollment, sending out their personal information. One would think that this is not a big deal. You receive the email, read it, realize it is not for your eyes, delete the email, and move on. This is describing the ideal corporate email world. In reality, people read the email, and rather than delete it, continue the chain by replying all. Here is a recap, from my experience, on how quickly things can ...
Mel Gibson Quits Hollywood on Dry Erase Board
"Jenny" showed the world the most awesome way to quit your job of all time (if you're not Steven Slater): Take a sequence of photos explicitally shaming your boss on a dry erase board, email the office then have 210,000+ people share it on Facebook. Yes, the Jenny stunt wasn't real. Her name is Elyse Porterfield. Whatever. But Mel Gibson doesn't care. He released his own 33-picture resignation ... to Hollywood. There's no way this one can be a hoax, either:
4 Reasons We Would Hire Lindsay Lohan
[caption id="attachment_7251" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Soooo how many words a minute can you type?"][/caption] Lindsay Lohan is a free woman, sort of. She's now out of jail, but attending a court-ordered in-patient rehab. After 30 days, she'll be back on the streets, ready to raise hell. But will she get any work? Yes, she'll play porn star Linda Lovelace in a biopic called "Inferno", but there has to be more out there for Lindsay, right? It can't end there...it just can't. We here at The Collared Sheep are wondering if she's looking for a meaningful opportunity on the ground floor of a promising startup. Sure, ...
News From The Cube – June 14, 2011
In addition to the community we’ve built here on The Collared Sheep, there’s a fun group of folks on Twitter who make the work day easier by broadcasting live from their cubicles and offices. We...
Yes, this is a real sentence from a Hewlett-Packard Press Release.
Hewlett-Packard issued a press release yesterday. The sheer quantity of corporate jargon phrases blew my...
Office Haiku: Drained
LOL. I see what you did...
African Workers Abusing HIV Stipend
If you’re waking up this Monday morning HIV-free, we say congrats to you. It’s things like this we often forget when Monday is kicking us in the ass – you know what I mean? When’s...
Carpal Tunnel: Is Your Keyboard The Culprit?
We all spend innumerable hours typing on keyboards. The keyboards may be real, or in the case of iPhone-loving hipsters viewing their touch-screens through neon-framed sunglasses, they may be virtual. A sheep sends an email...
Inflation Motivational Poster
Raises have been either very small or non-existent for most Americans. The battle against inflation rages on. Here’s a “TCS Original” motivational poster that I think is very...
Business Book Titles
If you’re a fan of The Office, you surely know about the management manual Michael Scott cleverly called “Somehow I Manage.” You can actually read a few extremely short chapters of “Somehow I Manage” (and...
Nintendo Executive Adopted By Coworkers
Last night we came across a heartwarming story about a Nintendo executive adopted by coworkers from the folks over at Kotaku. 29-year-old Jillian Titus was the product of a rather crappy childhood. Parents divorced, dad...
Pictures: How to Sleep at Work and Not Get Caught
Have you ever fallen asleep at your desk? Sure you haven’t – neither have I (wink wink nudge nudge). At least, none of my co-workers know that I have. That’s because I followed a genius...
Brilliant Resumes on Craigslist – June 8, 2011
We’ve been providing our readers with a sneak peak of some of our favorite resumes found on Craigslist. After those long days of job hunting, sometimes we all need a good laugh. If we can...
News From The Cube – June 7, 2011
In addition to the community we’ve built here on The Collared Sheep, there’s a fun group of folks on Twitter who make the work day easier by broadcasting live from their cubicles and offices. We...
Dos and Donts: Summer In The Office
It’s the time of year where we all stare out our office window and wonder where our childhood went. Here’s some tips to keep it cool in the office. 1. Do store Popsicles as a...
How Greek Life Prepared Me for Office Life
If I went in for a job interview touting my membership in a social sorority, I would not be taken seriously. I think we can all agree Greek Life has a bit of a reputation....
