Ever heard of a 'sweaty' hose? Neither had I until this weekend. We've got a perished black rubber hose entangled in the rose flowerbeds. Or so I thought. When I was in Lowe's, I noticed 'sweating' hoses for sale that looked identical to the one in the rose bed. So I came home and hooked it up to a wter supply and sure enough, it's porous, so it gently sweats water into the soil. Pretty efficient. So I capped on end, bought a 75ft extension for it and we now have sweaty hose around the three-quarters of our garden. Note : hose, not 'ho's. I don't have sweaty black women in the garden....
Employees don't want much
I'm sitting looking at my company's internal 'learning' system this morning - hundreds of online courses that are available to all employees, some of which we're mandated to take. I'm not sure why the rest of them exist. We certainly don't have time to do any of the courses, and for the average employee, they hold no relevance to what we do, or want to do in our day-to-day jobs. I for one just want to be assigned tasks, and then be left alone. I don't need to do hazardous material training - my job doesn't involve hazardous materials. I don't need micromanagement. I don't need all the various efficiency and ethics courses that are available because I have common sense. I don't need to be instructed how to use the email system, nor how 'just in time' manufacturing is good for the company (it has no bearing on our division). Ok I understand all of this is corporate C-Y-A but so many of these things are just inconsequential to us. On...
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