Out of the Office

The last 4 days have been very inspirtional. Since starting Office Glue I have been receiving the much needed support and ideas to expand our office discussions. I will be out of the office for a business trip this week and will return November 20th. I hope everyone has a wonderful week and I will check for new messages and comments.


thank you,

Mr. Simmons

Out of T

I must appologize for my attendance. It has been rough the past couple

"Two Weeks Notice" by Mr. D

For two weeks when I was 32 I worked for a major supermarket chain The name starts with a "K" and ends in an "oger". I was a store detective. My supervisor was an 18year old kid. In the first few minutes on the job he had me fill a shopping cart to the top with food. The job was to walk around the store as a secret shopper and catch people stealing. He told me if I worked hard one day I would get my own shopping cart. For eight hours a day we walked around the store. Side by side. Pushing one cart. In a circle. Yes a circle. He told me you can see more by walking the perimeter than down the isles. Me a big black guy. Him a little white boy. In San Francisco this would have been fine. In Detroit, not cool. No one was fooled. One day a little old lady told me, "Baby I know you're tired walking in a circle all day."

However my efforts paid off. So don't hate. I earned my own cart. I earned it the same day I was fired. I had accepted another job. I was due to start in two weeks. It was 4th of July weekend. My supervisor was complaining that he couldn't spend time with his family because I needed to get my 40 hours for the week. I told him that I would be turning in my letter of resignation on Monday and if he wanted to go see his family I would be ok. It never pays to be nice. Actually it cost me money. He fired me. He said he was not going to let the company pay me for two more weeks to push around a cart in a circle.

Lesson learned, "Two weeks notice only apply to the employees, not the employers."

First day on the job WELCOME!!

To whom it may concern,

Today is my first day on the job. My name is Mr. Simmons. I welcome you on this journey with me and others throughout this blog site. We all are in persuit to some self fullfilling career or you may actually be there and just want to lend someone some encouraging words, I thank you! Being a professional all of my life has allowed me to develop great skills and respectfully polish my character with success and failure throughout my career. The type of energy from my cyber audience (that's you) can only make this work. so I appreciate any and all of your feedback. Well it has been a pleasure meeting you all and I look forward too working with you.



Sincerely,

Mr. Simmons