10 shocking questions a famous breakfast restaurant asks in interviews
1. “How Many Eggs Can You Juggle While Explaining the Difference Between Grits and Hash Browns?” If you don’t instinctively
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Joe Ditzel
Joe Ditzel Has Some Problems
Work and Careers
Don’t worry, Mr. Dog Dogerton, I’ll be right back
Meet the “Coffee Badger” — a term coined by Owl Labs in June 2023 for those hybrid workers who badge
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How I accidentally ruined Jeff Bezos’s wedding in Venice and lived to tell about it (barely)
It was the Bezos-Sánchez wedding. Venice. San Giorgio Maggiore. Real-life fairy tale. Dolce & Gabbana couture, Bocelli vocals, Kim Kardashian
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I was hired to spray foam for Jeff Bezos. I accidentally launched a musician into the sea.
Look, in my defense, nobody told me Lauren Sanchez loved Baroque chamber music. And nobody, absolutely nobody, warned me that
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Interviewing the vampire
Interviewing the vampire for a job.
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Tiffany bracelets and Laurel Canyon: First days in LA
In 1991, I rolled into LA from Ohio, piloting my trusty old Toyota Corolla to my new gig in TV
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10 Moments Employees Realized HR Was Not Their Friend
HR is supposed to be the bridge between employees and management, a safe space where workplace concerns are heard and
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Elevator ninja
Invasive Thoughts: Sometimes I wonder what would happen if you pressed all the buttons on an elevator and then ninja-rolled
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The Moonlighting Astronaut: A Gravity-Defying Claim
Every day there is some new scam where someone is trying to sue or get worker’s compensation money because they
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Elon Musk launches “UnderTheDeskTech”: the ultimate solution for workaholics’ wilderness dreams
In an unprecedented move that blurs the lines between work and wilderness, tech mogul Elon Musk has announced his latest
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When you put the space heater too close to your desk
When you put the space heater too close to your desk.
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The creepy weatherman on the bus
Back when I wanted to be a weatherman, I’d practice my technique at the front of the bus facing the
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Taking advantage of the nurse’s strike to commit major crimes
Nurses are threatening to strike for better working conditions and higher pay at one of the biggest health corporations in
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I need a list of your employees and how you pay them
Another Ditzel family story: My cousin Andrew runs a fishing boat on Lake Erie near Put-in-Bay. A few years ago
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The Telegram that Tanked a Titan
The Telegram that Tanked a Titan The honking of taxi horns and chatter of busy New Yorkers blended into a
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