Work and Careers

7 deadly mistakes you make going to work

Sure, work can be a drag. But you are making it worse when you do these things on the way in.

-Calling for a pizza delivery to be made while you are driving down the freeway.

-Working from a stand-up desk on the top level a double-decker bus.

-Calling other commuters on the bus the names of characters from your favorite TV show.

-Listening to death metal with headphones to drown out the voice in your head that tells you to dump used ketchup packets on your boss’ head today.

-Loudly sipping your Starbucks on the train while exclaiming, “Oh, yeah, this bean was a tremendous year! Tremendous!

-Asking others in your carpool if they can massage your neck “to get the kinks out” before your big meeting.

-Announcing to fellow commuters on the bus, “Folks, today is my birthday! If you’ll just hold out some cash – paper money only – I’ll be right round to pick it up annnndddddd thank you!

Joe Ditzel

Joe Ditzel is a keynote speaker, humor writer, and really bad golfer. You can reach him via email at [email protected] as well as Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn.