A woman was hospitalised with serious but non-threatening injuries she sustained when a toilet she was sitting on exploded in a US government building last Monday. Another employee was less seriously injured by the would-be lavatorial tragedy at a General Services Administration building in Washington, D.C. Following the mishap, the wheels of federal government were […]
Slow IT systems top office bugbears in a recent poll of 1,500 office workers commissioned by Samsung Electronics. When asked what irks people the most about office life, over two-thirds (68%) of respondents cited slow IT systems. Print delays caused by jams and unnecessary email traffic came second and third with 42 and 39 percent […]
And if you weren’t convinced by the shredding of the bucket (a national holiday somewhere I’m sure) the MEN at SSI up the stakes. Industrial batteries none-the-less, no AAA squashing here. This piece of metal crunching joy may not be necessary in the average workplace, certainly not at most people’s homes (unless you are the […]
Office workers should exercise more, suggests a new poll commissioned by The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. Two out of five UK office workers struggle for breath walking up the stairs or running for a bus. Women are more likely than men to admit getting out of breath doing everyday activities. Says CSP chairman Ann Green, […]
Johnny Depp as fictional pirate Cap’n Jack Sparrow UK office workers are indifferent to the issue of software piracy, according to a recent poll. Of the 204 UK office workers interviewed for a Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) poll, 76 percent said they would not report a colleague for using illegal software, despite a majority […]
A 42-year-old Dutch woman called her ‘boyfriend’ 65,000 times, or on average 178 times a day. She has been charged with stalking. She was arrested after a man told police he had been deluged with calls, texts and emails. The woman’s Rotterdam home was then raided and mobile phones and computers seized. The 62-year-old man […]
Has success gone to our heads? Paperstone’s 2010 Business Technology triumph Paperstone has been shortlisted for a BOSS 2011 Industry Award. The company is amongst six companies competing for the ‘E-tailer of the Year’ gong. Last year, Paperstone won the BOSS Business Technology Award for companies with up to £5 million annual revenue. In 2008, […]
A defendant in Texas has poured scorn on the justice system by urinating into a courtroom wastebin. Seventeen-year-old Corey Darnell Webb, standing trial for shooting a police officer during an attempted escape from a youth detention centre, relieved himself shortly after the jury had left the courtroom in Tyler, Texas. The action left Judge Kerry […]
Mad Tomorrow’s World clip from 1967 positing the possibility of a computer-filled future. From the BBC’s Tomorrow’s World archives : “In this report, Derek Cooper investigates Europe’s first home computer terminal. Installed into the home of industrial consultant Rex Malik (pictured above), it includes an electric typewriter and can send and receive messages, update his […]
Office workers are increasingly ratty with one another over ambient temperature, according to a recent survey commissioned by uSwitchforbusiness.com. Three-quarters of respondents said air conditioning turn on in the office leads to arguments over the temperature. Almost nine in ten complain their office is too cold. Forty-seven percent believe air con spreads illness and 68 […]
How to plan the office Christmas party Whether you count down the days, or desperately scrabble around for an excuse not to go, the office Christmas party is an event on almost every company’s calendar. So, how do you plan a party that everyone will enjoy? It’s a tricky balance to get Bob from Accounts […]
Top tips to improve your time management skills Despite what people say, time is not a commodity. It cannot be traded, expanded or reduced. It is fixed. Our perception of time, however, is another concept. How often do you think at 4pm “Where has the day gone?” and go into panic mode to try to […]
Planning in business is essential Everything from the monthly sales drive to a new product launch or project needs planning. It promotes joined-up thinking and good decision-making throughout the whole organisation. “A goal without a plan is just a wish”, observed the famous writer Antoine de Saint-Exupery, summing up a key business principle. Each business […]
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