A new trend I've seen over the last few years has been the tendency for people to call each other to check and see if they read the email that they had sent. To me, it says a couple things...
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Good for you – the worst compliment you can give someone
Good for you is a compliment I never take well. To me, a "good for you" expresses either a lack of care for someone's good news or a cop out of a compliment where no compliment at all would be...
Do You Suffer from Eerieority?
A disturbing trend in society is when seemingly ordinary people alternate between inferiority and superiority complexes, an affliction I call eerieority. Eerieority occurs when people alternate between not believing in themselves and needing constant reminders of their importance, and the...
Out of Work – Get Out of The House (and out of your own way)
I've seen so many people of late who have lamented being out of the work, yet aren't doing anything about it. I gave an offer to about half a dozen students out of work to send me their resume and...