Tag Archives: Jobs

Too Much Information (Cultural Differences XIV)

August 2, 2018 · by · in Society · 1 Comment

I had to write a job application cover letter in my German class. I could not believe the example we were given. I have the luxury of being the oldest person in my class. While that makes language acquisition difficult, I don’t have the same pressures the other students face. My work is in English, […]

No Fortune For Me

October 21, 2016 · by · in Family, Society · Leave a comment

When I was seventeen I was offered the opportunity to become a millionaire. I turned it down. I have no regrets. It was 1973 and I was working at the time for the local McD‎onald’s, making the princely sum of $1.12 an hour. Summer was ending and I had decided not to return to school, […]

So You Think I Can Dance?

December 4, 2015 · by · in Society · 1 Comment

Computers baffle me at times. I’m not ashamed to admit that. At least I am assuming it is a computer that baffles me, I would hate to think it is a human that has me puzzled in this case. It’s about a job, one that apparently someone, or more likely some machine, thinks I am […]