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Tales From The Grind #7

Tales From The Grind #7

Drop the Dead Donkey Newsrooms are fucked up. Everyone watches everyone else to see who will have their Michael Douglas in Falling Down moment. They’re waiting for you to snap or get the sack so they can move into your seat. Unlike other corporate environments where you’re stabbed in the […]

Tales from the Grind #6

Tales from the Grind #6

“You remember that children’s song about the guy who “works all day at a button factory”? That was me” So, I had this cup of coffee made with the machine bought from Brewespressocoffee.com site. It wasn’t my cup, but it was my coffee, at least during and after the point […]

Tales from the Grind #5

Tales from the Grind #5

“Communication from the top came exclusively in the company’s own specialised brand of corporate Klingon, and often contained examples from the very top drawer of management drivel” It started with a call from the temp agency. I had a telephone interview the next day and the recruiter recommended I do […]

Tales from the Grind #4

Tales from the Grind #4

“I was ushered silently towards one of our larger conference rooms where a file was placed on the desk” The media production industry is not glamourous. It is the sound of air conditioning. The smell of organic herbal teas. Rows of silent men sitting in darkened rooms hunched over graphics tablets. […]

Tales from the Grind #3

Tales from the Grind #3

“I coordinated the international distribution of about 1,000 cock shots” Working any nine-to-five entry level office job in midtown Manhattan (ten to six, in my case) presents a varied if predictable set of challenges: the subway, other people, dawdling tourists, foul odors of both known and mysterious origin, dead rats, […]

Tales from the Grind #2

Tales from the Grind #2

“I’m particularly fond of the ones that take a while to find out you’re a loser” The alarm sounds at 7:30am and the daily routine begins. To get out of bed, I have to fight my way out of this feeling that’s hard to explain. A friend calls it ‘the […]

Tales from the Grind #1

Tales from the Grind #1

“If the Man was sticking it to me, well then I’d stick it to the Man” Health is everywhere right now. With the Olympics on the horizon, for good or bad (and let’s face it – that sponsorship rollcall is a who’s who of rotters), every man, woman, child and […]