Frat boys the world over need to put their meaty little heads together and come up with a new 40-Year-Old Virgin quote to use insultingly when their masculinity is threatened. "Y'know how I know you're gay? You listen to Coldplay!" is to be immediately abandoned, as Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin is on a rampage, and he is not going to stop until mean people quit saying mean things to him.
One British journalist discovered this the hard way. (Sorry for all the crappy British slang that follows.)
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Although we can’t always shake the nasty habit of writing in the royal we, occasionally one of our editors decides to shake off the cloak of anonymity to write a short, pithy statement long, rambling diatribe about a topic of their choice. Today, Debbie Newman is that editor.
According to the career-oriented folks over at CNN, things you should never do at work include taking fake sick-days, gossiping and showing up hungover and/or with unkempt hair. Other no-no's include "getting too comfortable" (i.e. telling the boss about that gross drunken hookup-slash-one night stand) hitting on the intern, reading useless crap on the web and sticking it to the man by stealing inexpensive—and easily missed—office supplies.
And while we don't necessarily agree with all of the aforementioned rules (be honest, who among us hasn't pilfered Post-Its and writing instruments from the office supplies closet and shoved them awkwardly into their oversized Betsey Johnson carry-all?) we're happy to offer a few helpful hints of our own.
Apparently, employers these days aren't just concerned with your qualifications, degree and relevant experience. They're also quite interested to find out whether you're a pain in the ass. Or, put another way, "in this bloggable, cell phone camera world, your brand on the inside is going to be your brand on the outside. If you have a bunch of jerks, your brand is going to be a jerk."
Of course, the system isn't full-proof, and a few less than desirable coworkers always seem to slip through the cracks. Which is to say, every office has its requisite jerk. So look around you. Can't figure out who that person is? Then it's probably you. [CNN]
There’s a pro and con to everything—evenhaving your husband nearly die in a roadside explosion. Con: massive brain damage makes identifying scissors difficult for him. But pro: He’s better around the house.
At least that’s the case for Lee Woodruff, wife of Bob Woodruff, the ABC correspondent who was injured last year outside of Baghdad. The mostly recovered Woodruff told the Times, “My wife has even said I was kind of a jerk sometimes, and now I’m not.”
Well, we won’t say claiming not be a jerk is bit jerky to a man who nearly died while covering the war in Iraq. Glad to have you back, Bob.
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