Francis Scott Key was an American Lawyer famous for writing the text behind The Star-Spangled Banner. But, have you ever wondered how our national anthem would have turned out if he was in some other line of work? Let’s find out. Fruit Vendor Oh, say can you see, by the banana’s bright gleam, What so proudly we bit at the apple’s last dream, Whose broad grapes and bright cherries danced through the fig, O’er the watermelons we watched, gallantly spinning big, And the raspberry’s red glare, blueberries bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our mango was still there. O say does that star-spangled lemon yet rave, O’er…
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Riddles and Enigmas Deciphering the World of Job Interview Questions
“If you were a tree, what kind would you be?” – Anonymous question from “The Dating Game” The air is thick with the scent of Old Spice and cigarette smoke. Yet, there I am, decked out in my polyester best, ready to embark on the most bewildering challenge of my life – my first job interview. In the late 1960s, job interviews were less a professional screening process and more like an episode of “The Dating Game.” Most interviewers had no idea who or what they were looking for, how to find them, and what they’d do if they did. It was an era when a candidate’s ability to answer…
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What Do You Do at Work Daddy? Exploring the Many Sides of Fatherhood Using ChatGPT
When I was a kid, I had no idea what my Dad did for a living. Like most of my friends, I was clueless about what our dads did all day. I knew that every morning, he’d take off before I woke up, and return home just in time for dinner. That was about the extent of it. Why I never asked him how he supported his family, is beyond me. At the time, it just didn’t occur to me to ask. So, I leaped at the opportunity to ask ChatGPT for its help with a six-year-old boy asking his dad what he did for a living, as a Social…
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New Restroom Policies The inordinate amount of time visiting restrooms during business hours is about to stop!
From: Thaddeus Federman, CEO, Acme Office Supplies To: All employees Subject: New Restroom Visitation Policies It has come to our attention that employees have been wasting an inordinate amount of time visiting the restroom during business hours. Up until now, Acme Office Supplies has allowed unlimited visits, with no accounting for lost work time while using the facilities. That’s about to change. Beginning on Monday, visits to the restrooms will be limited to a maximum of two, ten-minute visits per visit per employee — one visit in the morning and one in the afternoon. Each visit begins the moment the employee leaves their desk and ends when they return. It…
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Is Freelancing for You? How to decide if working for yourself is the right step to take
When I was a kid growing up in Southern California, my job search was only limited by the number of interviews I could get to on my bicycle or skateboard. A few years later, that expanded to how far I was willing to drive in my VW bug. When the Internet blew the top off of the job market in the early 1990s, I suddenly found myself competing against Divyansh, Raghav, and Uthkarsh in Bangladesh—even though the job was less than three miles from my apartment in Southern California. Then in the first quarter of 2020, the poop hit the fan. Little did I know, it would take a global…