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Last night, in honor of our son’s 6th birthday, we went out to his favorite restaurant - Buffalo Wild Wings. 

After dinner, I took a trip to the ladies restroom where I encountered rather shocking behavior.  In one of the stalls, a woman was talking loudly on her cell phone…while using the restroom!

I understand (well…I really do not) some people live and die by their cell phones.  However, chatting on the phone while using the restroom?  C’mon!  There is nothing so important that you cannot wait a few minutes and call the person back from a more appropriate place.

Besides invading others privacy, these rude cell phone talkers show little regard for the person on the other line.  Can you imagine talking to a friend or colleague and being exposed to the sounds of “bathroom business”?

Nothing says I care about you like a loud flush.

How tacky.

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A co-worker shared a story about his previous employer…a story about corporate silliness gone wrong.

Apparently, the CEO was into “team-building” and often used the brilliant “bus” analogy from Jim Collins book - Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t

“Get the right people on the bus, get the wrong people off the bus and put the right people in the right place in the bus.”

Ok.  Makes sense when thinking about how to build a good company.  Where the CEO went silly, was to present bus driver hats to each employee.  He even encouraged his people to wear them.

Imagine walking down the hallway at work and bumping into Ed from Finance, who is wearing his Ralph Kramden bus driver hat.  How silly.  I’m sure that hat will help Ed do his job better.

Should have handed out “I Ride the Short Bus” t-shirts too.

The bus stops here.

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