Work memories that will live forever: The Cake Party

Here we have just wrapped up one of those cake parties. We actually get good cakes here, not that plain dry white cake like at my previous jobs. I sat there eating this cake with whipped cream and strawberries while my coworkers talked…

Work memory # 33: the shoe department

Spring 2009

Journal entry

I have been working away like a little beaver (or some other small diligent animal) in the shoe department at [redacted]. I don’t know what the story is with that shoe department.

It’s genius!

October 2010

We are still preparing for the big charity sales event at the store.

Last night our HR manager came running into our sales rally in a whirl of excitement.

Herding cats: a visual metaphor for my entire career

Herding cats in a Britisih IKEA:

Saturday night at the mall

At work in the Children’s department on Saturday night.

Am striving to show unflagging care and politeness towards the customers even though they keep asking me questions that make me want to stick my head in a vat of ice water, as is illustrated by the…