Trying to do some long-overdue housecleaning on my hard drives, and keep running across little tidbits that I've saved for one reason or another. From a file I called "dumbverizon.txt", comes a quote from some piece of Verizon DSL literature from a few years ago that I thought was funny:
Due to the sophistication of DSL service Verizon Online does not guarantee that your service will b uninterrupted or error free.
I think about this every day at work, and keep telling myself I should blog about it. We have some excellent plates and bowls from Tupperware, which we've had for about a year now, I think. These dishes, part of their Open House collection, are made of the same material as some of the Rock ’N Serve storage containers we've been using for several years.
I've heated butter, foods loaded with tomato sauce, cheesy hot dogs (the grease from which has caused permanent damage to some other plates in the past), soups, foods with lots of melted cheese (which has caused permanent damage to other plates as well), etc. No matter what I've heated up in these plates and bowls, they've survived with no signs of damage or wear. They also have no problem with going from one extreme temperature to the other (microwave to freezer, vice versa, etc.) and the outer rims never get too hot to handle. The Tupperware consultants that we've bought from have expressed their durability with various claims, including the ultimate "You can run it over with your car, and it won't break," which supposedly they've sometimes demonstrated. I haven't cared to find out, but it still sounds kinda cool.
Plus, they are extremely easy to clean -- often just requiring a gentle wipe or two with a sponge (or wet paper towel) to clean off anything. With kids around, they're also safer because they're virtually unbreakable. Even without kids, I would want to have these, because I hate it when dishes inevitably get broken eventually. I'd rather not have to worry about it.
I know I must sound like I'm trying to sell these things, but I really have no affiliation with them other than being a very satisfied customer. The only things that suck about them are the price, and the way they retire their product lines... I can't find anywhere to buy more of these "Open House" bowls and plates, which sucks because I'd like to have more. That's why I had to link to the product info page in the Internet Archive (WayBack Machine) for the plates and bowls. The Rock 'N Serve containers are still for sale, though. If you can find these things second-hand somehow, I'd imagine they'd be just as good, based on the durability I've witnessed. I won't vouch for the durability of any of their other products, although we have had some others that held up pretty well. None of them can compare to the type of plastic they use in these 2 lines of bowls, plates, and containers.
I've put these plates and bowls through the harshest conditions that my dishes ever encounter, and every time, I think to myself "Wow, Tupperware kicks ass!"
This has been boggling my mind for years, now. It's interesting and rather disgusting to see the bathroom behavior of many adults in the workplace. Is flushing the toilet really going to make you late for an important meeting? If the client you're meeting with had a choice, do you think they would rather shake your unwashed hand, or have you arrive in the conference room 30 seconds later? I just don't understand.
Yesterday, as I was leaving the bathroom, I saw 2 unflushed urinals. It took me less than 2 seconds to flush them both, on my way out the door. I suppose that someone else's 1 second must be much more valuable than mine, though. Why should they have to do it? Someone else will definitely do it eventually, right?
Sometimes, even if I'm standing there washing my hands, I still see people not flush and/or not wash their hands. If I was going to be lazy and follow the above-mentioned motto: "Someone else will definitely do it eventually," I would at least make sure nobody was looking!
The reason the title of this post mentions executives is because all kinds of people exhibit this behavior. From maintenance guys, to interns, to all levels of management... My 6-year-old has flushed and washed his hands for years, now. Why can't they?! I've witnessed two different CEO's over the past 7 years (at different companies, not my current employer!) blatantly skip the handwashing, despite the presence of myself and sometimes other people as well. Have they no shame? Are they intentionally trying to show us lowly workers that they are much too important/busy to deal with such petty tasks?
These people are the reason I feel compelled to flush with my foot, and open doors with a paper towel. But mysophobia is a whole can of worms in and of itself, so I'll save that for another day.
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