I’ve been on the internet since 1995, just after AOL started mailing CDs to everyone to get them on the world wide web and right around the time Yahoo was founded. I frequented chat rooms, witnessing the wide variety of conversation that occurred in them. Inhibitions were lowered as if we were all pounding beers…
So we have been trying to buy a house for a few months and the process has been…let’s call it trying. That’s the positive person’s word for frustrating, exasperating, annoying, infuriating, you get the picture. We found a house we love. I mean, really love. We tackled all of the obstacles needed to purchase it…
Today I witnessed someone apologize for theft. They knew it was wrong and said they were sorry. They suffered some consequences, but certainly not permanent ones. They apologized. They were lucky that while the apology was not exactly “accepted” it did get them out of being reported to the authorities. Over the last few weeks,…
Yesterday I shopping was in Target and heard someone wish ill upon their friend. I didn’t hear the first part, but she said “I hope next time you fall and hurt yourself.” She said it with a hint of sarcasm, but it stopped me in my tracks. We hear stuff like this all the time…
Today we woke up to news of one of most famous news anchors being fired for sexual misconduct. In the wake of this, many people are asking about the protocol for giving compliments. Is it OK to compliment someone’s looks that you work with? Do we live in a world where we have to contemplate…