Ok, I didn’t want to tease everyone with yesterday’s Holiday Party Etiquette post and not deliver. I will make this very short and sweeeeeet.
I do not support office/work relationships. I can’t imagine spending 8+ hours with the boo, drive with home with the boo, hop in bed with the boo, then repeat the same thing all over again, but that’s just me. I think it’s healthy to have separate lives and friends; work is a large chunk of that separation. Years back I worked with someone who was not my …

Hey everybody! First off, Happy Thanksgiving to all my American GI readers, I’m grateful for each and every one of you *kisses* Secondly, its official, the Holiday madness is in full effect. This means parties, gatherings, liquor, food, more food, gift giving, last minute shopping, mistletoe, snow and all that good stuff. I opted out of our company party this year and have decided to fill my social holiday calendar with networking events, networking OUTSIDE of work. I’m sure I’m not alone, with the market still in a period of …

Last week I discussed remaining as detached from work as possible but there are times where work sucks you in and forces you to make it a priority in an emotional thought process. And I’m not talking about the labors of love type of work, I’m talking about the drudgery that puts food on our tables and keeps the crib heated. This week on SHC I discuss the bullshit that has been going on at work and how in a way it has actually benefited me and given me the …

I came across an article on Kiplinger.com via the Moneyclubs.com monthly newsletter titled “You know you’re in a recession when…” I usually delete the Money club newsletters immediately then why did you sign up in the first place? But this time around the title caught my eye and I figure I would share the info with yall. The recession has got a lot of people down. Myself in particular? I’ve been struggling as soon as I was forced to live independently at the age of 19, so with the exception of …

I was stopped dead in my tracks when I came across a headline in yesterday’s Metro News, “Are White workers Preferred?” The free publication that for the most part is a waste of time and I will only read it while taking informal breaks out in my company’s warehouse facility away from the suffocating office air people. I prefer to read my news online or read a newspaper that is suited to my intellectual prowess; Metro dumbs it down and bores me. But I was interested to know, or reaffirm …

I was up until 2 in the morning stalking my new favourite comedian Ronnie Jordan. I first saw him in The Bad boys of Comedy (from 2005, quite long ago), I picked up the DVDs on sale a few weeks back and kept replaying his skit it was so funny. I came across this skit of Ronnie Jordan doing stand-up in Atlanta at the Uptown Comedy Corner. The beginning of the video warns that if you’re not from the ATL, you might not get the jokes. I’m not from the …

Many would argue that the water cooler is the control tower of office gossip, but I am gonna go ahead and dispute that, today.  I am normally disgusted when I have to use any public bathroom. Even though there may not be any chocolate-stained surprises on the toilet seat or golden puddles with pieces of toilet paper soaked in it on the floor, I cringe at the thought of making skin to skin contact with a toilet seat that has been inhabited by a multitude of rear ends. Despite my …

I was listening to Kanye and Consequence this morning and got inspired to write today’s post.
Yea I’m a little late touching down on the keyboard today, but as the weather gets warmer coincidentally my  schedule is looking fuller and the pace on daily walks have slowed. I get to clear my head when I’m outside walking with my dog or on my way somewhere. This morning I woke up with one bad attitude and let the most insignificant thing upset me is it that time of the month? But once …

Office politics, what would I do without you?
You make my heart beat quickly, cause my eyes to twitch furiously and encourage me to put my iPod on blast for a good part of the day.
Every office and/or work environment has politics. Whether you’re the big boss in your organization or the lowly peon, we all encounter conflicts, gossip, and the most annoying, POWER TRIPS.
Note: If you do not experience any of these things where you work, please e-mail me with a link to your firm’s website and I will …