Kathleen taught me her boss’s mantra: “I spread peace not discord wherever I go.”
As a bonus, I learned how to spell discord!
Category: Useful Things
Look Up
Caren was sitting in a nice seat in the sun, in Boston’s Chinatown, to eat her lunch. A friendly man kept pointing above her head. She looked up and saw a long row of pigeon bottoms, hanging over a building edge!
She found a better place to sit.
Breakfast Everywhere!
On a very early morning at Logan, Sally learned that you don’t actually need to haul over to another terminal to find breakfast somewhere traditional, such as Dunkin’ Donuts. It turns out that every vendor serves breakfast! Including Boston Beerworks, and way beyond beer.
“Write Stuff Down”
learned Michelle, as she is trying to recreate her job and task history, from memory, in the process of finding a new and much better job.
“Yum Plus One”
That’s what Doug calls his “recipe” and I learned this at a staff meeting.
He takes Panera’s Broccoli Cheddar Soup, and then crumbles potato chips (I think they may have been Sour Cream and Onion) on top.
It looked amazing.
Commute Heaven
I learned, for at least the second time, that Veteran’s Day is the BEST day to commute in and out of Boston! The bus FLEW in both directions! It was shocking. And wonderful!
This is not my sister’s dialup
It’s worse!
I have learned that the molasses-like morning traffic in the rain is not the only thing slow about this bus.
Even though the wireless connection says Signal Strength:Good, internet access is c..r..a..w..l..i..n..g…..!
Screens are blank while they load over what feels like hours. Yikes. There must be too much demand on this bus or on the service in general -whatever that blue-blink-box is connecting to in the sky.
So the lesson is don’t count on getting anything done on the ride in.
I want a do-over. To nap.
TK
means “to come” in publishing, according to Real Editor Kat Brzozowski
Coasting into Trouble
I learned that before you call the Helpdesk to report a laptop that suddenly shuts down, won’t boot up in the docking station and won’t boot up out of the docking station (note that this would be a Really Big Deal for someone working from home!), you should try just plugging the power cord directly into the laptop. As I say, do this before you call the Helpdesk, not while you are on the phone,
Because it could be that the battery, even though it is brand new, is out of juice, and that something was preventing the docking station from delivering power directly. Like maybe for example something causing the laptop to be docked at an odd angle.
I also learned not to accidentally leave a big thick stone coaster under your laptop, right by the docking station.
Turn Turn Turn
I learned that when they say “turn” in crocheting instructions, you just gotta do it. You gotta notice it, first of all, and then you need to do it. That way both the hat and the folded up brim will end up on the “right” side.
Jane's Lessons Learned 