Happy Monday!

Another Busy Day At Work...

Working On Bunday

Have to go into work this morning - on BUNDAY! There ought to be a law...


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Good Night

No work tomorrow for most people in the U.S. (including me). Thank Jeebus!!

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YES I'm Working Again On Caturday ...

... and stop calling me Surely "Shirley"...


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How's YOUR Day Going?...

'Fat-Cat' City Workers Not So Fat, Akshully

According to New York City Controller John Liu, city workers get paid on average 17 percent less than their counterparts in the private, for-profit sector.

Happy Caturday! ... Unless you're a city worker, then it's a 17% less happy Caturday.

Source: Gothamist

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Memo From Human Resources

You've got to be sh*^^ing me!  Really?!?


Source
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Monday Focus: Workplace Safety

Workplace Safety Tip of the Week: Be Alert Today - Be Alive Tomorrow ...

Working On The Holiday

Yes, I'm at work today - trying to make up for all the time I missed while in the hospital/recuperating.  This is necessary because there are no such thing as "sick days" in the restaurant biz - so I either work extra to make up for what I missed, or I don't get paid.

If anyone would like to join me in the little Pity Party I'm throwing right now, feel free to stop by.  But don't forget to bring booze.

Work by Henry Van Dyke

Let me but do my work from day to day,

In field or forest, at the desk or loom,

In roaring market-place or tranquil room;

Let me but find it in my heart to say,

When vagrant wishes beckon me astray,

"This is my work; my blessing, not my doom;

"Of all who live, I am the one by whom

"This work can best be done in the right way."

Then shall I see it not too great, nor small,

To suit my spirit and to prove my powers;

Then shall I cheerful greet the labouring hours,

And cheerful turn, when the long shadows fall

At eventide, to play and love and rest,

Because I know for me my work is best.

Anybody Else Working Today?

Anybody (besides me) have to haul their butts to the J-O-B today?

Getting Caught Up At Work...

Posting will be light and/or delayed today - I'm trying to get caught up at work and didn't have time to pre-post anything last night.  Maybe I need to hire an assistant...

Yeah, I think he would work out just fine ...

Hump Day is Almost Here...

It already seems like this week is taking forever, so here is fitness model Robert Gonzalez to help us get through the middle portion of this back-to-work week.  Happy (almost) Hump Day!

Anyone Else Working Today?

I HATE working in the restaurant business, because I have to drag my sorry ass to work on many national holidays. Anyone else NOT have the day off today?

Busy Busy Busy...

I produced my first (and largest) holiday party at the restaurant last night - and have a group in for lunch today. Then I have to prepare for a bunch of weekend groups coming in from Europe. Therefore, posting will be light - and my Top Chef recap will be delayed even more. 'Tis the season.

I Have 3 Words For You: "Cluss - Ta - Fuk"

OMG. I have a HUGE event tonight at the restaurant, one in which my (new) clients are spending a fortune. I walked in this morning to the lovely scent of burnt wires, and found out we had a small electrical fire last night - which knocked out most of our power.

The electrician came and the power has been restored - but we still don't have phone service. Meanwhile, I have to figure out how to get rid of burnt wire smell before all these high-fallutin attorneys arrive for their soiree.

It looks like I picked one HELL of a week to give up stress-eating!...