Work stories

It’s not my damn baby

Staples, you big out of control American office superstore chain you.

Before arriving in the USA, I didn’t know it was possible to combine awful c...

Xavier Toby
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A Powerful Phrase

There are some phrases that create a deep visceral reaction inside you whenever they are spoken. Whether a venerable, learned speaker, or from the mo...

Andrew Keen
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Perfect Stack

I'm a pretty clumsy person - I consider falling over a hobby. I stacked it in style yesterday, whilst running late for a meeting in the advertising agency I work for....

Mark Daniels
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The Devil is in the Detail

I had always thought replicating currency was the sole domain of shady, extremely successful gangster types so it came as somewhat of a surprise when...

Andy Thompson
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The long and hard slog to Hamilton

In the early 60’s, I worked in at a Brickworks in Glenthompson for approx 3 months and for all of that time, they were taking £2 a week from my pay for the blankets....

Mick Skrijel
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Shot down from up above

One day I was in the elevator at work and I found myself next to this really tall guy. I'm not too tall myself, so I was taken a little bit with the height of this guy....

Maria Santos
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