Nick Salerno (Garbage Man) Supposedly the lowest of the low is the garbage man. After all, what could be lower than literally basing your entire job (and much of your existence) around the things that people throw away? Although I’ve never seen these biases actually enunciated against folks who handle trash, I don’t doubt for…
A few days ago I had the frustrating experience of having one of my favorite managers (and also one of my favorite people) actually act like, you know, an actual manager. This meant that they would constantly put pressure on me to do things, even if I was clearly disinterested or barely feigning interest. This…
(Note: I transcribed this straight from the book but all spelling errors should be considered my own. You can find a full PDF here and an audio-book here. I have no idea how to reach the author to obtain permission for reprinting his work but my hope is that he’d appreciate the spirit in which…
A lot of the times when I look at what I’m doing for work, much of it is is laid bare in simple rules. Hierarchical chains of command often impress upon its lower members some values and applications of those values that would be easily presentable to AI. The phrase, “a monkey could do this!”…
Rip Torn (Actor) I like a lot of what Torn says in his interview. He’s another oldie actor who I’m not super familiar with and I couldn’t tell you anything he’s been in. But I like his moxie (so to speak) and the ways in which he talks about the acting business. Torn’s basic attitude…
Editor’s note: Sorry for the delay! Last week was a really tough for me so I took a mental health break. I kept meaning to announce something but I kept thinking I was going to be able to suddenly write. And when I realized I wasn’t I either forgot to say anything or was suddenly…
Did You Ever Hear The One About The Farmer’s Daughter? Barbara Herrick (Writer/Producer) While the last chapter was mainly concerned with the struggle of women and (in my opinion) showed the need for for feminism, via stories from the airline industry, being a secretary and being a sex-worker, this chapter deals with the need for…
In previous years, every time January 1st rolled around, I would join in with my friends and family in setting unrealistic goals for myself to achieve throughout the new year. By March, those goals would be forgotten. By July, whatever I had planned for myself would not only not have occurred- the opposite was likely…
Introduction Wow, this is quite a chapter. I don’t usually get a chance to comment on feminism and anti-work and how they intersect but this chapter doesn’t pull any punches on matters of gender and sexuality, so it makes it easy. That’s not surprising given that all of the interviewees are women and not men.…
I read an article about how workplaces can be a toxic environment to be (shocking!). Some of the article correctly talks about narcissistic and self-aggrandizing managers who demean their employees. But the study it refers back to also relies on categorizing a type of toxic worker as (in part) someone who thinks rules can be…
