Don't Go! http://www.DontGo.org/ Copyright 2006 Wed, 04 May 2005 15:42:55 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss ATM in Swaziland ATM in Swaziland
By Wintry Whitt Smith
This is what happens when you try to get money

]]> http://www.DontGo.org/05-05/atm-in-swaziland.html http://www.DontGo.org/05-05/atm-in-swaziland.html Capitalism Wed, 04 May 2005 15:42:55 -0500 Kicking Zebras Kicking Zebra
By Stefanie Brand
Two seconds later the damn zebra kicked me

]]> http://www.DontGo.org/05-04/kicking-zebras.html http://www.DontGo.org/05-04/kicking-zebras.html Terror Thu, 28 Apr 2005 00:00:28 -0500 Where the Wild Things Are Where the Wild Things Are
By Stefanie Brand
This sign was right behind my hotel on the Zambian side of Vic Falls. I should have listened.

]]> http://www.DontGo.org/05-04/where-the-wild-things-are.html http://www.DontGo.org/05-04/where-the-wild-things-are.html Terror Wed, 27 Apr 2005 00:00:45 -0500 No Cloning Around andy-townsend-cloning-april-05.jpg
By Andy Townsend
This is what jet lag and absinthe looks like.

]]> http://www.DontGo.org/05-04/no-cloning-around.html http://www.DontGo.org/05-04/no-cloning-around.html Food Tue, 26 Apr 2005 00:00:30 -0500 Dimana kamar kecil or, where is the toilet? No Sitting!
By K. Herald
No Sitting!

]]> http://www.DontGo.org/05-04/dimana-kamar-kecil-or-where-is-the-toilet.html http://www.DontGo.org/05-04/dimana-kamar-kecil-or-where-is-the-toilet.html Foreign Standards Mon, 25 Apr 2005 00:00:32 -0500 Don't Stand Downwind Don't Stand Downwind
By Stefanie Brand
I didn't have to travel all the way to Kruger to see the backside of a rhinocerous. There are plenty of backsides in the US that would have sufficed.

]]> http://www.DontGo.org/05-04/dont-stand-downwind.html http://www.DontGo.org/05-04/dont-stand-downwind.html Gross Fri, 22 Apr 2005 00:00:40 -0500 India Filth India Filth
Jeb Freeman
Dirty, Disgusting India

]]> http://www.DontGo.org/05-04/india-filth.html http://www.DontGo.org/05-04/india-filth.html Foreign Standards Thu, 21 Apr 2005 00:03:11 -0500 Multi-tasking
A good attitude is a sure way to get ahead in the business world.]]> http://www.DontGo.org/05-04/multitasking.html http://www.DontGo.org/05-04/multitasking.html Work Wed, 20 Apr 2005 00:46:45 -0500 Redundancies "Have you made any redundancies?"
"I gave a speech, only this morning, to my staff, assuring them there would not be cutbacks at this branch, and that there certainly wouldn't be redundancies."
"Well why on earth would you do that?"
"Why? Ooh, a little word that I think is important in management called morale."
"Well surely it's going to be worse for morale in the long run when there are going to be redundancies and you've told people there won't be."
"...... they won't remember."

- Jennifer, and David Brent, "The Office"

]]> http://www.DontGo.org/05-04/redundancies.html http://www.DontGo.org/05-04/redundancies.html Work Tue, 19 Apr 2005 00:17:36 -0500 Moving Up "I thought you wanted to go back to university and everything?"
"Yeah, I will, but there's a slight bit of a change in plan."
"Oh, right."
"David's made me senior sales clerk."
"Wow. I thought you wanted to be a psychologist."
"Oh, yeah, but senior sales clerk, it's £500 guaranteed extra a year, and if I do a bit of networking, then there's every chance I could be in David's chair in 3 years."
"And all that talk about moving on in the world?"
"No, I said moving up, yeah, moving up. Moving up can mean within an internal ladder framework, or sideways to external, then up. You know, you gotta look at the whole pie, vis-à-vis my current life situation."

- Dawn & Tim, "The Office"

]]> http://www.DontGo.org/05-04/moving-up.html http://www.DontGo.org/05-04/moving-up.html Work Mon, 18 Apr 2005 00:13:10 -0500 Working Weekends Putting in those extra hours to impress the boss: Listen

- from "Office Space"

]]> http://www.DontGo.org/05-04/working-weekends.html http://www.DontGo.org/05-04/working-weekends.html Work Fri, 15 Apr 2005 00:03:01 -0500 Life in the Office "It's like an alarm clock's gone off, and I've just got to get away. I think it was John Lennon who said: "Life is what happens when you're making other plans", and that's how I feel. Although he also said: "I am the Walrus, I am the eggman" so I don't know what to believe." - Tim, "The Office"]]> http://www.DontGo.org/05-04/life-in-the-office.html http://www.DontGo.org/05-04/life-in-the-office.html Work Thu, 14 Apr 2005 00:10:21 -0500 Rare Air
Sure the view is nice, but it's bloody hard to breathe up there.]]> http://www.DontGo.org/05-04/rare-air.html http://www.DontGo.org/05-04/rare-air.html Gross Wed, 13 Apr 2005 00:10:01 -0500 Your Boss "You grow up, you work half a century, you get a golden handshake, you rest a couple of years and you're dead. And the only thing that makes that crazy ride worthwhile is 'Did I enjoy it? What did I learn? What was the point?' That's where I come in. You’ve seen how I react to people, make them feel good, make them think that anything's possible. If I make them laugh along the way, sue me. And I don’t do it so they turn round and go 'Thank you David for the opportunity, thank you for the wisdom, thank you for the laughs.' I do it so, one day, someone will go 'There goes David Brent. I must remember to thank him.'" - David Brent "The Office"]]> http://www.DontGo.org/05-04/your-boss.html http://www.DontGo.org/05-04/your-boss.html Work Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:08:13 -0500 Actual Work How much 'actual work' do you do? Listen

- from "Office Space"

]]> http://www.DontGo.org/05-04/actual-work.html http://www.DontGo.org/05-04/actual-work.html Work Mon, 11 Apr 2005 00:03:01 -0500