When Pam first went into HR, she pictured herself across the table from nervous job candidates as the company representative who would calm their jitters and help them navigate a successful job offer process. She imagined having career conversations with
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Every mattress I’ve owned has arrived with a small white tag stitched into one seam, warning in capital letters that it must not be removed under penalty of law. For years I left those tags alone, as did nearly everyone
Who’s Flying the Plane?
Those of us of a certain age once kept a small directory in our heads, stocked with the phone numbers of our best friend, our grandparents, Domino’s, and the cute guy/gal we crank-called during slumber parties. And then, when our
“No White after Labor Day” and Other Authorless Rules
Nobody knows who made the rule. There’s no founding document showing us there was an etiquette board that convened in 1903 and took a vote. No one has found evidence of a memo that was circulated among the summer houses
