fact or fiction
Is it a fact or is it merely fiction? Fact or Fiction explores the lesser known truths in the corporate culture of Journal.
Fitting Room Etiquette
In my 23 years of living, I never had to work in retail. I did my fair share of shopping in department stores without knowing the other side of the retail business. I have been in continuous guilt because of one thing. I did not know that something so small and mindless could bother me once I was behind the register. The thing that has been poking and prodding me is the things I have done in a fitting room.
By Sarah Blain8 years ago in Journal
10 Things You Didn't Know About Your Server/Bartender
10. Dine and Dashers Most people probably don't know this, but dining and dashing means that your server just paid out of their own pocket to serve you. Most restaurants have a system where the server will tip out a small portion of their earnings to the bartender and the host (if there happens to be one) and that's taken out of the servers accumulated tips. Not only do they have to pay tip out of their tips, but some places (not mine) even make them pay the amount that was walked out on.
By Summer Patterson8 years ago in Journal
The Weird and Wonderful World of the Office
In recent years I have become fascinated with the approach to work in the office environment and how we look at it differently to the shopfloor. Having worked on the shopfloor in a manufacturing environment and transferred to the other side, it strikes me there are some stark differences that don't make sense.
By Mike Scruton8 years ago in Journal
Tell-Tale Signs Your Boss Wants You to Quit
Every single person out there has experienced stressful days, weeks, or months at work. There are no jobs in existence that don’t have stress attached to them, and while it’s normal to have a rare day when you end up crying, you may need to think twice about seeing this as par for the course if it’s happening too often.
By Ossiana Tepfenhart8 years ago in Journal
What Is Guy Culture and How to Disrupt It. Top Story - January 2018.
Many people—men and women—hear the word "feminism" and scream, ridicule, and run away. It has been made out to be a bad word; a trigger word. The story of feminism gets twisted into "women hate men" and "women complain for no reason" instead of what it really is: Women want the same respect that men have.
By Evelyn Starr8 years ago in Journal
Five Myths About Landing a Good Job Later in Life
Many people get their big break relatively early on in life, especially when it comes to fields like entertainment and finance. However, there are many people who have made their wealth by landing a good job later in life.
By Ossiana Tepfenhart8 years ago in Journal
My Adventures as a Pizza Delivery Driver
It was the first time that I had worked delivering pizzas on Valentine’s Day and I did not have any idea how busy the night ahead was going to be. I just thought that it was going to be another regular night at work but that is not the way it turned out to be. The pizza restaurant that I work at offers heart shaped pizzas, if you purchase a heart shaped pizza, you got a free pizza cutter included in with your order. Okay then, I thought to myself, well I sure hope that I do not forget to put the pizza cutters in with my orders tonight for the people who have ordered the heart shaped pizzas.
By Rhonda Farley9 years ago in Journal
