What do chick flicks have to teach you about work? Lots, like “don’t take your bad day out on your cat” (Breakfast at Tiffany’s) and “never cry at the office” (A League of Their Own). – Flavorwire
A quarter of women in the UK say they hate nicknames at the office. The most hated nicknames include “love,” “babe,” and “hon.” – The Daily Mail
Is it a good idea for a boss to play a joke on his employees by bringing a “poop cake” into the office? The answer is always, always “No.” – The Stir
Not getting enough sleep, combined with working late, makes for unproductive employees. If you need be, I’ll be napping under my desk. – Huffington Post
The Black Cloud, The Feeder, The Jezebel. No, they’re not pro wrestlers – they’re some of the coworkers you should never, ever be friends with. – Lemondrop
The Grateful Dead have a lot to teach us, and not just about drugs. They’re great managers! – The Atlantic
One upside of the recession? Failure doesn’t really mean what it used to. Yay? – Newsweek
Has anyone contacted you via Facebook claiming to offer you a job? Like most things on the internet, it’s probably a scam. – BizJournals
For some reason I have yet to figure out, Real Housewife of DC and White House party crasher Michaele Salahi has a personal assistant. – Monsters & Critics
When crazypants Kate Major, who left her job at Star magazine to date reality “star” and father of eight Jon Gosselin, I thought she was completely making up her story that Jon offered to hire her as his personal assistant. However, it seems I owe Ms. Major an apology: in a lawsuit against Gosselin by TLC, the network that aired Jon and Kate Plus Eight and claims he violated his contract with them, one piece of evidence is
Even if you never watched any of TLC’s “let’s give shows to people who have big families” block of reality TV (I’m a fan of the Duggars, personally), you know who Jon and Kate Gosselin are. The parents of twins and sextuplets have a hugely popular show, Jon & Kate Plus 8, on the cable network but joined the roster of regular tabloid subjects now that they’re divorcing. Now, dad Jon has turned into a massive tool, ODing on self-tanner, hanging out with Lindsay Lohan’s estranged dad, and dating a series of women. One of those women, Kate Major, quit her job at Star magazine (where she was assigned to write a story about Jon) to be with Gosselin – only to get dumped. What’s a jobless, spurned girl to do? Sell her story, of course. She
Last year, internet “celebrity” Julia Allison
The economy has hit everyone hard – even also-ran reality “stars.” That’s why VH1 darling Tiffany “New York” Pollard has had to suck it up like the rest of us 


