Micro (Wave) Managing

 

We wrote recently about finding coins in pay phones. The only thing free I seem to find anymore is time left on the microwave. You go to use the microwave and you try to put your cooking time in and yeah, there’s already 31 seconds on the timer. Somebody pulled out their popcorn with 31 seconds to go. So yeah, the time left on the microwave would be great if you had to pay to use the microwave (like a parking meter). But the microwave is free…

It’s even worse when you consider how fast the microwave cooks something. You really should take some of that time you saved and cancel the remaining cooking time when you leave the microwave. Somebody needs to invent the microwave that alerts you when you haven’t cancelled your remaining time…   

Besides, the amount of time you find on the microwave is never the amount you need anyway. Nobody’s ever said “I needed 31 seconds on the microwave and 31 seconds was already set for me”. No. I’ve never heard that, have you? This is not a “pay it forward” type of thing (“Somebody left me 31 seconds so I’m leaving 31 seconds for the next guy…”). No.

Only the Shadow Knows

I’ve been hearing a lot lately about job shadowing. That’s where a new employee follows you around on your job all day. I think it’s a great concept because the person being followed actually has to work. He or she can’t do their normal routine of hanging out at the water cooler or going for coffee or whatever it is they do all day. No three martini lunches. Folks, this concept has nothing to do with the new employee; it’s about making the veteran employee work.

Let’s take it to the next level and have some job shadowing of the people who “work from home”.
Let’s see how hard these people “working from home” really work. Let’s see if they even get dressed!