Open All Night

One maxim that I have always tried to follow is one that was derived in my youth. In short, no matter how bad something is it at home, it should not be taken out on those who cohabitate the workspace. It was apparent even then how some folks were just miserable. It is not my fault that your home life sucks, so leave me alone. I shall then do the same.
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During my formative years (ok, college), I spent my summers doing what most Engineering students do. I was an intern/co-op. That meant I got to spend my days in the typical nerd confine, a “cubicle farm” (as Dilbert author Scott Adams would term it). But, I spent short terms there, which meant I was not privy to all of the politics that get ensconced in such an environment. And let’s face it, I was naive and bushytailed, like a young starlet going for her first photo-shoot who instead ends up in a seedy apartment with a photographer that her cousin’s sister vouched for. Six years later, I have now been able to form a few observations about life here on the farm.
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