Stories at the work place

Friday’s New Day newspaper in New London, Connecticut, has a heartwarming update on the first day of a new school in the community, the C.B. Jennings Elementary School. The third grade class, taught by Michele Shannon (picured above with her students as they get ready for lunch on the first day of school), got acclimated to the new school, which had hallways shaped not unlike tennis rackets, new purple chairs for their classroom, and a projector, speakers, microwave and mini-fridge, all as... Read Full Story

One of AndrewsGumWorld’s favorite you-can-find-almost-anywhere Chinese restaurants in Panda Express, which had its roots nearly four decades ago when Andrew Cherng opened his first Chinese restaurant in Pasadena. The company itself started 25 years ago, and now has more than $1.2 billion in revenue, according to a report in today’s Contra Costa Times (Gum Guy’s favorite newspaper in fifth grade). It’s an empire built on orange chicken (you know what we mean if you’ve eaten there) and besides... Read Full Story

(Alternate title: "Trying to get Johnny Laid") Hopefully, he’s having a massive smash in BWB. Let me explain… First off…let me preface this by telling you that this is a rare semi-serious "Mental Poo"… ...but bear with me… ...I’ll be crapping on someone by the end of it, I’m sure. Anyway… One of my buddies, John, ran the Boston Marathon this past April 21. John is one of the nicest guys I know. If you must know - and you must - he runs for his niece, Lina, who has Leukemia. It’s... Read Full Story

Back to school blues...think teachers have it easy??? Noooo...we probably hate for the holiday to end-much, much, much, more than the students...haiz Woke up with feeling ultra dizzy this morning...probably have something to do with the fact that my body dun feel like working at around 5a.m...*yawn* I feel like Takeshi Kaneshiro in this scene below...doing something he dun wanna do , but yet, forced to complete cuz duties call...kekeke and this young lady...asking why, why, oh why... Read Full Story

  According to a recent survey reported in the Evening Courier of Halifax (”Live the charm”) and Calderdale, UK, a recent survey of 2,000 workers by Wrigley Extra™ showed that middle managers fared the worst, stress-wise, and loud-talkers and long lines at lunch added to the discomfort of the work day. A survey of 2,000 adults found that more than a quarter of middle managers are regularly stressed out, compared with just one in five managing directors and junior staff. Other problems... Read Full Story