January
21, 2004
Today is the day to practice wrestling, but strictly Greco-Roman.
Girls! Girls! Girls! has one lonely review on Amazon.com so if you read it and enjoyed it, please tell people.
Rank: Times to Arrive at Work
- 2 Hours Early: Call me crazy, but this is very satisfying. You get to work and there's nothing to really distract you from getting your stuff done. Plus, in the afternoon, you get to massage your temples and complain about how long you've been at work and everybody feels sorry for you. Downside: Even though there's nobody at the office yet, you still can't do whatever you want. I.e., leave the fireworks at home.
- Fifteen Minutes Early: Thjs is rather pointless. You come in, you take off your coat, you start up your computer, you get coffee, you sit down, and where are you? You're at work on time. I suppose that this might work well for people who work 'hard' and stuff, though. Downside: You're not early enough to get the admiration of your boss.
- Right on Time: Yes, very good, good for you. You are a model employee. Downside: Life has no variety like this.
- Fifteen Minutes Late: From a human resources, employer point of view, late is late and you should never be late. From an employee point of view, this is sort of grey zone. People are still wandering around, getting settled, and there's a good chance you can slip in without anybody noticing, provided that there are no early meetings. Downside: There are always 'some people,' perhaps your employer, who won't find this acceptable.
- Half Hour Late: This is no good. This is the kind of late where you had better have an excuse, either a good one or a bad one. Good one: My car wouldn't start. Bad one: My car was taken over by pirates. Use a bad one, if you have a boss who finds office life boring and enjoys the implementation of ridiculous anecdotes to spice things up. Downside: You might get fired for this.
- 24 Hours Late If you have a secret for this, please let me know because I've been working on how to get by with this during my entire employed life. Downside: It's quite possible that you're not even employed, you're just pretending that getting out of bed is your 'work.'