I read this headline in my Google News box today “Coffee doesn’t really perk you up.” Recent studies have shown that the caffeine in coffee doesn’t do anything to wake you up after awhile, it just keeps you from getting headaches. Well, that doesn’t sound like anything I haven’t heard before. Scientists at Britain’s Bristol [keep reading...]
Every now and again I wander over to the Onion to see what office supplies related stories they’ve got going on. There is nothing like a sarcastic article to start out your day. Local Extension Cord Blasted For Failing To Reach Outlet STILSON, GA—A local extension cord came under fire Monday when the four-foot length [keep reading...]
Average Annual Vacations Italy 42 France 37 Germany 35 Brazil 34 Britain 28 Canada 26 Japan 25 USA 13 Americans work 137 more hours per year than Japanese workers, 260 more hours per year than British workers, and 499 more hours per year than French workers. The Japanese document approximately 10,000 cases per year of [keep reading...]
Having recently became aware of my rapidly deteriorating health, and rapidly diminishing mental vitality at the tender age of 24, that’s right, 24, I set out to find interesting statistics regarding the average American workforce, in our continuing blog effort to raise worker’s awareness of their working conditions and educate you on how you can [keep reading...]
Enough with this constant barrage of apocalyptic news and doomsday sentiment that just seems to permeate all nooks and crannies of the average office sphere! My heart goes out to all who are directly, inversely, or tangentially affected by these last few weeks of torrential demise of financial behemoths that have left many jumpy at [keep reading...]
Last week, a piece of news really caught my ears. Seeing something that had been floating around in the workplace in the form of workplace urban legends published bold and loud courtesy of Associated Press made it home in my mind. The story concerns the death of a man at work, by working. Apparently, [keep reading...]
