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Thank you for visiting my Helium page. My passion for writing started when I was in high school and won a nationally run essay contest for my school. The writing came through in letter writing (Back when people still wrote letters). Shortly after my husband

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Jobs & Careers > Office Politics Humor: True stories of employment experiences: 4 of 13
I really wanted this job. The pay wasn't great, but I loved the idea of working for RSVP, the Retired Senior Volunteer Program. It was a start up program in or city and I thought it would be exciting to help form it. The job was also part time, which I needed because I still had two kids in school. The description was "Secret... More..
Jobs & Careers > Nonprofit & Service Sector Jobs How to anger a deli employee in 5 steps or less: 5 of 10
If you're determined to tick off a deli employee, and it seems many people do, here are a few helpful tips.1. Be indecisive. Even though there are five other customers in line behind you, and were probably several ahead of you, wait until it's your turn to think about what you want. Making that 'I don't know what to do?!" fac... More..
Jobs & Careers > Nonprofit & Service Sector Jobs Telemarketing: A comical view: 10 of 15
I do realize that telemarketers must be the most desperate people in the pecking order of jobs, and I do sympathize with their plight, but I just have to mess with them once in a while. Hey, they called me in the middle of Thanksgiving Dinner! Here are a few ways to have a little fun with them.Tell the telemarketer that you'd... More..
Jobs & Careers > Office Politics Using silence as a tool of influence: 10 of 13
"Juicy Fruit." Anyone who's seen the movie, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" remembers the scene where the wonderful Native American actor *Will Sampson's character utters that line. All of the characters in the film (and most of us in the audience) thought he could not speak. The power of that line and his long-suffering si... More..
Jobs & Careers > Nonprofit & Service Sector Jobs Defining the importance of 'domestic engineers': 10 of 12
Show me a person who can keep track of a toddler, cook a meal, answer the phone and balance the check book - all at the same time, and you have some idea of the definition of a Domestic Engineer. We've been referred to as "just house wife" a "home maker" or most recently a "stay-at-home Mom (or Dad)". It bothers me when peopl... More..