"Urban Sprawl" is Bad?
There rages a heated debate regarding living conditions in our country among those in the architecture industry referred to lovingly as "Urban Sprawl ... is desirable to even the lowliest janitor. I am not saying that janitorial service is a menial ... , a janitor is not on par with an anesthesiologist.Why do supposedly intelligent people deny [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 17:35:00
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Once Almost Invisible in California’s High Rise Buildings, Janitors Make Visible Progress for Service Workers
What the Justice for Janitors Campaign Means in a State Where Blue Collar Wages are Stagnant and Costs are High ... coverage for the first time. We also united janitorial contracts within regions, which will help [more...]
Date: 2008-07-11 15:55:05
Regardless....
Regardless of how unattractive a man is he will always appear more attractive if:He wears a cowboy hatTakes time to listen to what people are saying.Is kind to service people (waiter, valet, janitor).Sings worship loudly and completely undaunted.Listens to the words of songs and searches for the meaning.Speaks another language.Pays attention [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 00:31:00
Toronto Janitors Organize for Rights, Respect and Justice
(By John Riddell from The Bullet) As darkness falls in Toronto and tens of thousands of office workers pour out of the downtown skyscrapers, ... the office towers and readies them for the next day’s activity. These buildings house Canada’s richest ... for Janitors” campaign of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 2 in Toronto. “In my [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 18:20:36
Well, hello there.
Thanks so much Grace, for the invitation and the opportunity to share my little corner of the world with your readers, and in such creative company! For those who may not know me, I’m Mackenzie Sala, owner, designer, secretary, janitor, and head of customer service over at Kenzie Kate Invitations, a small luxury [more...]
Date: 2008-06-30 12:58:41
Retired University Janitor Left Holding the Bag, Cuts Album
Picked up from my random net-wanderings-- Meliton Zamora is a retired University of the Philippines Janitor who was very liberal with his signature ... of service, he gets enough money for only a measly 171 days worth of meaningful dedicated work.In a twist worthy of a story made onli in da Pilipins, our generous ex-janitor managed to cut an album. [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 16:57:00
Janitors, Mafia, and Backpay
The Sicialian Mafia and janitorial services might seem an unusual pairing, but it’s at the root of nine years of litigation ruled on today by the U ... Air Base near Catania, Italy. The janitorial services company was owned by Carmelo La Mastra ... U.S. Court of Federal Claims Judge Emily Clark Hewitt’s ruling that the Navy awarded the contract [more...]
Date: 2008-06-27 21:26:31
GoSL Agents Infiltrates Google: SEARCH ENGINE GENOCIDE™ Revealed
In a disgusting attempt at media suppression and in violation of Free Speech, ... original and highly thought of description “TamilNet is a news and feature service that focuses ... ruled out according to the Google’s head Janitor Simon Pakanathan as only Tamils are cleaver enough [more...]
Date: 2008-12-21 07:12:50
A Kind-Hearted UP Janitor
Posted by: joselito capariño on: January 8, 2009 In: Public Service| Thoughts of the Day| University of the PhilippinesComment! ... “Mang Milton”Meet Meliton Zamora, a retired University of the Philippines janitor and my hero.For [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 00:39:27
Commies Invade Hyrum Utah
It was bound to happen. Last Wednesday over one-thousand commies wielding meat cleavers took over the sleepy town of Hyrum Utah ... . Generalisimo Bernardo Ponce, who has been working uncover at the plant for 14 years as a janitor, led the raid ... people were lining up for the daily lunch service. Envoys for Generalisimo Ponce, confirmed [more...]
Date: 2008-11-22 22:28:17
Kafka-esque conundrum
Strange things happening this evening: Why would I, while re-reading Kafka's 'Metamorphosis, feel reminded of Monsanto? In general I do like insects ... wasting. Example: No Ministry of Defence, no secret service, or any other sinister organisation ... needs new genes! Nothing against the individual janitor, but what's too much, is too much [more...]
Date: 2008-12-09 22:55:00
Remembering a Janitor
Here's a touching story of someone remembering a janitor who did her an invaluable act of kindness (found via Mig's blog.) ... all, he was just a janitor. He borrowed my loan application papers and said softly, “Puwede ako pumirma ... of service to the University, Mang Mel was only attributed [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 05:13:00
Teacher in child porn 'cover-up'
Andrew Melville has been added to the sex offenders' registerA colleague of a head teacher arrested on child porn charges tried to cover up the case by asking a janitor to buy all copies of the local newspaper.East Lothian Council said the teacher ... of his exemplary service as a teacher, the impact on his family and the fact that a relatively small [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 11:45:00
A generous man and his
I got the email about University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman retired janitor Meliton Zamora getting 0.92 pesos as his retirement pay ... he all used up. In the civil service these leave credits can be converted to cash upon separation [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 04:35:00
I am Stumped
As you all know I lost my part time community center (Cosmopolitan Center) job working with underprivileged youth ... education or work as solutions to financial crisis. It was a primer to social service and how ... "That was lifeskills.The place was a wreck these kids really deserved better...but nothing?You decide.The janitor could [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 16:02:00
Trotsky Wuv
From the New York chapter of My Life (meant to post this last week):We rented an apartment in a ... lights, gas cooking-range, bath, telephone, automatic service-elevator, and even a chute ... interest; we had not had this mysterious instrument either in Vienna or Paris.The janitor [more...]
Date: 2008-12-03 14:36:00
By Alexander LawrieFURIOUS parents have criticised school bosses for trying to cover up sicko headmaster Andrew Melville’s arrest – after the school janitor was ordered to buy up all the copies of the newspaper covering the story.The former head teacher was handed 150 community service order and was placed on the sex offender’s list for three [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 16:17:36
Doctor defends "Concierge" Medicine...
Most of you already know that "boutique" / "concierge" ... ; doorkeeper" and janitor, custodian or warden.Dr. Thomas Landsdale III aptly defends his case saying ... annual fee" for quality primary care ?""I provide a valuable service to my patients by being immediately [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 02:10:00
Earth, Wind, and Fire
Today I will continue my tradition of writing a blog post about my neighborhood without walking a block from my mother’s apartment building ... , there is a small deli, a chicken/pizza place, a hair stylist, and a “car service.” Other than using the car service to go to the airport, my mother doesn’t go into any of these stores. They mostly cater [more...]
Date: 2008-09-10 15:36:07
Fear and Loathing at an Undisclosed Location
Editor’s note: Today we bring you a Stonekettle Station exclusive – a sneak peak into the new George W. Bush Presidential Library, set to open next year in Undisclosed Location, Texas.I know what you’re thinking. But you’re wrong.See, there really is a town called Undisclosed Location – as it turns out that’s where Vice President Dick Cheney has [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 01:18:00
Doing More with Less
Or, as Dr. Crazy puts it, "Excellence without Money." I've appreciated greatly the conversation going around the blogosphere that Dr ... . The janitor, whose job gets outsourced, not so much. As Dr. Crazy said, someone earlier in their career ... or full and yearly ones based on teaching, research and service accomplishments--while staff [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 12:29:00
The Saga of Clarence
In weather like this, you pretty much have to blog about the snow and cold. But how to do it? Tell harrowing stories of my near-death experiences shoveling my driveway, or fighting traffic on Teflon streets? Fortunately I avoided both those activities today. Employ quirky and creative similes and metaphors, like James Lileks? [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 02:09:09
Saturday Night’s Alright for Writing
My mother flew to Seattle this morning, en route to her Alaskan cruise. Today, I had the house to myself. I slept and went on Facebook. Luckily, I left a message on Facebook telling anyone to scold me if they saw me online, and luckily Miguelina told me to get my ass off Facebook. She must be one good mother, because I listened [more...]
Date: 2008-06-15 03:27:15
You Did Get the Memo, Right? Here’s a Better Way to Book Meetings
This post is part of Mashable’s Startup Review series, which highlights great unsung startups. The series is made possible by Sun Startup Essentials ... , a service like bookmeetingroom.com would make a lot of sense. It’s a web-based application for managing ... their workspaces are being utilized. Like other software-as-a-service business models, pricing [more...]
Date: 2008-11-22 00:03:38
THE DAILY BLADE: Will The “Magic Negro” Make Chip Saltsman Disappear?
The MSM are all atwitter over RNC chairman hopeful Chip Saltsman’s holiday music CD, "We Hate the USA,” that skewers libs with 41 parody songs, such as “John Edwards’ Poverty Tour,” “Wright Place, Wrong Pastor,” “Love Client #9,” “The Star Spanglish Banner” and “Barack the Magic Negro,” which radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh first aired in 2007 [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 02:48:28
Lacking Customer Focus can get your company in trouble... in at at least nine ways.
I came across this information from Douglas Morse, Managing Principal of the Services Transformation and Innovation Group LLC ... to include Service?7. You still have a department or separate organization called "service" or "support ... aware of the separation. Quite likely the service organizations are operating with differing and often [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 21:18:00
In Customer Service, You Are Always On Stage
I am sitting in my local coffee shop (a big brand, not Sbux) and wondering what I want to blog about ... to want to put in a little extra effort to service large orders late at night because it inconveniences ... customer service happens every minute, even when no one seems to be looking. At Disneyland, they call [more...]
Date: 2008-11-08 21:15:24
A Must Read
I used to read a most enjoyable little blog written by Duncan, a flight attendant. Unfortunately, for whatever reasons, he shut his blog down. But before he did, he posted this wonderful essay about flying nowadays.With the upcoming holidays and increase in flights, I thought it a good time to re post it here [more...]
Date: 2008-11-25 13:24:00
Wild Weekends: the Picnic Table Three December 7, 2008
Posted by stylishhandwriting in all about me, friends, high school, wild weekends. trackback Happy Sunday, freaders! I’m still laid up on the couch and sick as a dog, but I’ve decided to use this sickness for good. Instead of whining all day (like I did yesterday), I’m watching Harry Potter and working on my Christmas cards. Awesome, no? [more...]
Date: 2008-12-07 20:39:40
A winning game plan
ORGANISATIONS today are struggling with global competition, economic uncertainty and an unstable workforce. The challenge lies in creating a positive work environment that empowers the best talent for peak productivity. How can companies hold on to market share, loyal customers and outstanding employees? [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 11:19:35
2008 Review Of Richmond’s Annum: January
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is our first of 12 “look backs” at the year that was, and currently still is, if only for a few more days ... . Jan. 11: A new trolley service is announced for the Richmond area, made to haul residents from Shockoe Bottom to Short Pump and as far away as the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. The service had long [more...]
Date: 2008-12-16 22:00:25
Sideways
So I'm not sick yet and I went to work today. As I am unlocking the door to enter the library the director pulls up and tells me not to freak out ... . I get the mop and bucket out of the janitor's closet and he begins cleaning up, which shocks ... . He calls main and we try to get Service Master out here but no luck there either. The roads are fast [more...]
Date: 2008-12-24 04:23:00
Wackystan
by Jeff Huber It sounds like the world's worst army once again took on the world's best army and lived to fight another day ... who spent a day in a Pakistani airport, waiting for her airplane to show up and watching the janitor work. The janitor had a broom that he held by string instead of a handle. Every hour, he walked [more...]
Date: 2008-09-29 17:22:06
Surviving Tuskegee Airmen Invited To Inauguration
THIS is extraordinary.Inauguration Is a Culmination for Black Airmen When the Tuskegee Airmen, the all-black force of elite pilots, ... My career in public service was made possible by the path heroes like the Tuskegee Airmen trail-blazed.” ... when he returned from the war, but was offered a job as an airport janitor instead. I told his story [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 18:32:00
Wackystan
by Jeff Huber It sounds like the world's worst army once again took on the world's best army and lived to fight another day ... a day in a Pakistani airport, waiting for her airplane to show up and watching the janitor work. The janitor had a broom that he held by string instead of a handle. Every hour, he walked through [more...]
Date: 2008-09-28 18:51:58
Sunny Sarah from Salinas Is Clearly Someone We Made Up, An Apocraphyl Junior Faculty Member Who Likes Her Deadwood.
First, let me reveal my bias--RYS, you had me at "snowflake." The snideness and snark that I can rely on RYS to provide is a wonderful way to counter the occasional self-centeredness and overblown self-importance that is sometimes found in academic circles, as well as the sometimes surreal, well, "snowflakiness" of some students [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 07:15:00
Branding from Email to Customer Service
We don’t do a lot of posts on branding on Get Elastic, but I had to blog about Seattle-based ski, snowboard and wakeboard shop evogear ... he is Asian and is in charge of “strategery.” Exhibit F: Customer Service I had a chuckle on hold with customer service, when the pre-recorded voice assured me a representative would be with me shortly [more...]
Date: 2008-09-01 11:24:38
Random Movies I Like: Dance Dance
I have done film posts in two different formats: one is a detailed analysis (!) of films of a certain period/genre/theme, usually running into several thousand words. And the second is a quick take on a film, remembering bits and pieces of it. This post started under the second format and somehow in the course of writing it, [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 15:30:00
Soldier’s Book Helps Kids Cope with Deployments
Second Lt. Korey R. Outerbridge reads his book, "Good Morning, Honey. Goodbye, Daddy. Goodnight, Sweetheart" to children at ABC Learning Center in Petersburg, Va. Outerbridge got the idea for the book while on a deployment to Iraq. (P. Kevin Morley / Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch via AP)By Peter BacqueRichmond (Va.) [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 18:55:00
“at another time, in another way,”
Wednesday, December 31, 2008 “I had a crush on Pete Duel, was devastated by his death on New Years Eve I still have a suitcase full of Pete Duel stuff I collected, even after all these years I still can’t bare to throw it way” “Pete’s death had a huge impact on me, which has been with me ever since [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 10:55:34
The Zing Food Fight Spoon: Coolest Gadget Since The Spork?
Once the first spoonful of corn starts flying, forget about it, you’re on your way to a full-fledged food fight. And you know what they say ... tension and let it fly. And BAM, you’ve got a splattering that would make any janitor cringe or any laundry service drop you from their customer list. You can buy your own Zing! from The Spoon Sisters [more...]
Date: 2008-07-13 22:25:23
Janitor at Gym wins regional weight lifting title
by Trevor This may appear to be an unlikely story, but its really quite true ... of a janitor at Golds Gym. As massive as he was, this gentleman had a way of pulling his aura in real ... certainly not winning anything. The talk even said that the body building janitor was on steroids [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 11:26:52
Reflecting on Reflections
I had a personal epiphany over the weekend and then turned it into a professional one ... . As managers or those responsible for the service delivery of our banks or credit unions ... that Orlando, Florida is the hotbed of outstanding, service-oriented people. If that were true [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 08:00:00
Janitor reluctantly wins regional weight lifting title - Again!
by Trevor Hello everyone. A couple years back, I made an arrangement with one of the largest Gold Gyms in the world to swap some professional ... to be a janitor. This rather large but quiet gentleman had the ability to move silently and quite invisibly [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 11:27:37
Janitor reluctantly wins regional weight lifting title - Again!
by Trevor This may appear to be an unlikely story, but its really quite true ... of a janitor at Golds Gym. This rather large but quiet gentleman had the ability to move silently ... ( mostly guys ) had had it up to their ears with this janitor who was continuing to win body building [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 18:24:01
National Day of Service: simple actions, profound effects
Today, Monday, January 19th, is not only an opportunity to honor the memory of the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr, it is also a day for us to participate in the service of others. The idea of service, one person ... service help those in need, but it also makes for a better individual. When you participate [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 16:20:48
Mad Money (2008) DVDR
Mad Money (2008) DVDRInformation:The film begins close to the end of the story, when the suspects get caught and are interrogated ... Bridget and suggests she take a job as a janitor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.On ... Holmes), who takes bill carts from the Secret Service room to the shredding room. It takes some work [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 23:32:00
Where will all the eikaiwa teachers go?
I have decided to cross-post a comment I made on the “Jason’s Random Thoughts” blog ... for many, but in the end I don’t think it does people or society at large much of a service. You are paid to act as a human tape recorder without much in the way of skills, and the service itself [more...]
Date: 2008-12-12 07:52:07
WRITING: TEOTWAWKI fiction - It happened in Church - Chapter Ninety Five - Deaths, Decades, and the Tontine
It happened in Church - October 19, 1962 Chapter Ninety Five - Deaths, Decades, and the Tontine October 19, 2002 Forty year mark ... . But what about himself? The TomT production facility was a block building with no windows a little away ... . It had five floors of below ground lab space. There were Disneyland-like below-ground service tunnels [more...]
Date: 2008-10-04 13:53:46
How To Build Success In A New Year From Day 1
Want to get your New Year off to a good start?I'll give you a simple way to build success in a New Year from Day 1: ... when they converse.Idea 6: Perform a skit: the CEO has to be janitor. The HR person the employee who is under performing, the sales superstar is HR, the customer service agent is the salesperson [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 16:52:00
