Work stories

Tigers

We stopped at a café, dusty and tired. The glum waitress glared. Nearly knock-off time. She stood, unsmiling, notepad in hand, tapping her pencil. I determined to make her smile. ...

Chris Leckonby
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Dean's Revenge

I was recently in the Northern New South Wales town of Murwillumbah. The town had recently suffered its largest flood in living memory and I was assisting with some flood insurance claims....

Andy Thompson
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Taking the Shine of Glossophobia : (Fear of public speaking) : Why Everyone Should Try Stand Up Comedy

What if they don’t like me? what if they reject me? what if they boo? What if turning up in PJ’s isn’t a Dream?...

Stu Pop Fisher
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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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Down In Hell

My work is hell. Sort of.

It's mostly a construction site at the moment and I'm hardly a tradie. I'm a shelf stacker....

Nick O'Connell
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The Smile

I used to work in this old junk n stuff shop in Colorado. There were these sounds that came from the back room but I never really paid any attention to them until one day....

Sean
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