humanity
The real lives of businessmen, professionals, the everyday man, stay at home parent, healthy lifestyle influencers, and general feel good human stories.
Shadows In The Hall
Acknowledgement This book is being dedicated to my now deceased husband Andy Pavlos who inspired me. We had gone to the long-term care facility to drop off a present for the elderly. Our volunteers at the hospital put up a Christmas tree every year with candy canes and a tag with a number. assigned to a Resident. the public is then encouraged to take a cane and return with a gift before the Resident's Christmas Party.
By Linda Pavlos6 years ago in Journal
All Good Plans
Fall hasn’t always been this cold. Ellie remembers a time when the hat and gloves currently adorning her person would have been uncomfortable and made her sweat through her uniform. It seems the last two years or so had made up their collective minds to usher in the ace age her sister has been so adamant is on its way. Regardless, Ellie is late once again and even an ice age can’t save her from the consequences of that blunder. The diner is a place that can be smelled before it can be seen and smell it, she does. Ellie can the Harvey’s before she even rounds the corner. The scent is overwhelming and familiar and it’s the only thing Ellie doesn’t hate about Stanfield. Taking one last breath she steels herself for battle and walks into to the diner.
By Lari Echevarria6 years ago in Journal
Look Up
Ever since I can remember, I have always been looking up. Looking up at clouds, stars, lightning, the moon, and anything else the sky had to offer. Whenever I felt lost or stuck or afraid, I would look up. To see the vastness of the sky always seemed to help make my problems seem smaller. It was a way of grounding myself. When I grew up, I started looking up at concerts, theatrical shows and any other productions I attended. I loved the feeling that seeing live events gave me so much that became a lighting designer. I have spent my entire career so entranced by complex lighting designs, video and scenic elements, and the electricity and teamwork that makes these shows possible. I have designed and programmed powerful and immersive shows that connect people and help them to feel that they are a part of something bigger than themselves. It has been a beautiful career, yet somehow I began to lose myself. I was so busy looking up while I was inside that I forgot to look up while I was outside as well.
By Mel Augenstein6 years ago in Journal
The customer who take off a mask
Sometimes, the word “A customer is a king” is colorless in our shop, and the owner of the shop is sometimes the king. Some customers ask how the owner feels like when they enter the shop. However, the customer in this story is a bit strong.
By Thomas Pak6 years ago in Journal
Losing a Customer
One aspect of working with the public that can be difficult is losing a customer. Most of the time this is something that is avoidable, whether through careful and attentive customer service or through amazing products that the customer feels they need. If a customer leaves in anger or frustration then it’s almost always the fault of an employee or the business. If they leave because the service or products have changed that can often be avoidable too.
By Frank Shaw6 years ago in Journal
Hero or sellout?
We are living in difficult times where good paying jobs are hard to find without a college education or vocational training makes it even harder to find a job that will pay the bills and take care of our families. It makes it twice as hard being an African American male without a college degree. The options you have to stay financially stable become smaller. Though it’s not impossible, in today’s society it makes the task more challenging.
By Carlos Oates6 years ago in Journal
Ethics and why they are important
First role In the last year of my apprenticeship the company I worked for failed to inform us that all 10 of us only needed to do the final year of the City & Guilds Technicians course to qualify for the 2nd year in the BSc Electronics degree course. This would have earned us Chartered Engineer status with the IEE the largest professional institute after IEEE in the USA.
By Eric Sutherland6 years ago in Journal
Work Cycle
The sun was shining bright, the parking lot already beginning to fill. I work in a call center, helping customers with orders. When the door slams closed behind you every morning, you feel as though you've just entered a prison. They had you for at least eight hours.
By Lee Naylor6 years ago in Journal
Disability Shame
I'm not the first, nor will I be the last, to be terminated from a job for my disability...a disability disclosed prior to still being offered the position. To be excited to be working with a woman-owned minority company on a Federal Government contract was exciting when I started. Especially, with the company being an African-American woman-owned company (as it's very rare to come across one of those), it was truly a new venture for me. Things were going well, my performance reviews were always between the 96-100 percentage, and on a daily basis I was averaging 45-70 emails on any given day (as the company's contract with DHHS was strictly for email support - the main reason why I applied for the position, and accepted the position after informing during my interview of my anxiety disability and being unable to provide any form of phone support). It was great to finally be accepted at a company and not have to be embarrassed of not feeling like a real employee because of my anxiety disability!
By L Williams6 years ago in Journal
Equal Work
Why Equal Work for Equal Pay has not passed yet is something that is not getting as much attention as other movements that are more important right now. Women are often not paid equally at companies, save the ones I plan on building. I don't look my age so I deal with reverse ageism. Are you really almost forty? Yes, really. But anyway, how to fix the income inequality issue? Many employers simply do not get how to establish equal work for equal pay, only because they are stuck in the past, when many didn't know about how companies worked like this.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez6 years ago in Journal
