Jack Welch divided the universe of workers in any organization along two axes, each comprising a binary on-off feature, i.e. competent/incompetent and drinks-the-Kool-Aid/doesn’t-drink-the-Kool-Aid (he did not say “drinks the Kool Aid”, because he had a vested interest in having people drink his Kool Aid. He said “With the program”. A less weighted formulation would be …
I have written about the New York Emergency Rental Assistance Program, or ERAP, before. It is the program through which New York State is trying to distribute the funds allocated therefor by the federal government under the December, 2020 and March, 2021 COVID relief bills. Funds given to New York are being distributed by the …
Subject: My Job So – I’m being replaced? That’s an email that I received two days ago from J.B., the maintenance guy at my park in central New York. He had seen an ad that I had placed on Craigslist, looking for a maintenance guy. Of course, I did not mention the park by name …
-He said by the tree. Do you see any others? -What is it? -I don’t know. A willow. -Where are the leaves? -It must be dead. -No more weeping. -Or perhaps it’s not the season. -Looks to me more like a bush. -A shrub. -A bush. -A- What are you insinuating? That we’ve come to …
Test Ad Frank Rolfe recommends that prospective park buyers place a test ad in the local newspaper or Craigslist page to gauge demand for housing in the applicable market. If prospective renters cluster around the ad like fish around chum, the park might be a good bet. If they respond with crickets, you should pass. …
The Unemployed Philosophers Guild sells a lot of hip swag with clever titles that you can use to make people think that you are educated. A friend once gave me a mug from them on which a world map was painted. When you poured warm liquid into the cup, the map would change to reflect …
I have previously described Orangeburg pipe as Al Qaeda’s revenge. The most important thing to know about Orangeburg sewer pipe is that it collapses. When it does that, you have a bunch of tenants with clogged sewers, a DIY leach field, and the state health department up your bung-hole. If you buy a park with …
I fear that I have depleted the canon of western writers. So far, I have referenced Kafka, Gogol, Orwell, Gandhi, Lewis Carroll, and Kafka (admittedly, I find Joseph Heller uninspiring, and references to Proust are just short-hand for long-windedness). But this time, the New York State Department of Health has gone one better, and I …
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Don’t worry – despite the title, this post will not start, “Longtemps je me suis couché de bonne heure”. It will be short. I am angry that my managers will not get vaccinated. As of today, everyone from age 16 up in New York State can sign up for a COVID vaccine. Before then, everyone …
Late in the day yesterday, my mobile phone rang showing a number with a 330 Ohio area code. I thought, “That ringtone sounds like a fart. I need to change it.” A mechanical voice said, “This is Daniel Padilla from Amazon. There has been a fraudulent charge on your account. Your account is compromised. Press …