Archive | March, 2009
Stink-free underwear is out of this world
Guru is keen to explore further the theme of clothing that enables employees to stay at work longer, hence increasing their productivity – something all recession-worried HR professionals must be after.
Following last week’s news on the pillow office shirt… continue
Cunning Brazilian pigeons
While they might be best known for sculpted buttocks, bikini waxes and football, the Brazilians are by no means resting on their inventive laurels. And their latest innovation is making the British tradition – fabelled or otherwise – of baking… continue
Hot new look for female firefighters
Apparently the reason why so few women and ethnic minorities want to join the fire service is not because it’s a profession dominated by bullying, chauvanistic men, but because the uniforms don’t fit properly.But now that fashion faux pas has… continue
Hay fever stats should be sneezed at
STOP PRESS!!!!!!!!!!!!Yet more ridiculous stats from the Institute of Pointless Research. Hay fever is costing UK employers a whopping £7.1bn a year in lost productivity, it has been claimed.Amazingly, this garbage has been reported by one lesser regarded HR publication… continue
Get shirty with new wearable office pillow
Here’s a snazzy new invention for HR folk worried about how to squeeze the last drop of productivity out of their beleaguered workforce.
Why not play on the redundancy fears of your employees and reinforce the benefits of working late… continue
Fancy a game of computer dominos?
Guru found this YouTube classic recently from the dotcom era when bored office workers – with clearly too much time on their hands (perhaps they should visit Jade Goody’s house) – indulged in a game of PC dominoes.
In fact,… continue
Spare Spiderman costume saves the day
The latest honourable addition to the book of “going beyond the call of duty ” examples comes from Thailand.A eight-year-old boy in Thailand on his first day at school became distressed and climbed out of a classroom window on the… continue
Terror on the shop floor
Shop and hotel staff of the nation rejoice! You thought your jobs were at risk with the recession hitting your sectors the hardest, but fear not, you are now officially the most valuable people in the UK.
The government has… continue
Who would you offer a ride?
Guru is happy to share with disciples a moral and ethical dilemma emailed to him that was apparently once used as part of a job application. Imagine, if you will, the following scenario…
You are driving down the road in your… continue
Jade Goody – the unemployed mourn her death
Guru hasn’t got much time for Jade Goody but – judging by the scenes outside her house today – quite a lot of people have, literally, got a lot of time available.
Disciple Rob has sent Guru a message (in… continue
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