Ethics

Rules: Apartment Interviewing

י״ח בכסלו ה׳תש״ע (Saturday 5 December 2009)

My roommate moved out a couple weeks ago, so I’ve been compelled to advertise her room and interview candidates to replace her. It’s been a nightmare process and consequently I’m bringing you some guidelines for interviewing to move into an apartment as a new roommate: Don’t be proud to be unemployed. I don’t necessarily fault [...]

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Belichick: Genius

ו׳ בכסלו ה׳תש״ע (Monday 23 November 2009)

I am a big football fan. I regret to say that my beloved team, the Washington Redskins, rarely makes a playoff appearance, which means they play a maximum of 16 times a year. Of those, I’m rarely able to catch more than a few because I live halfway around the world, and the No Fun [...]

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100 Tips to Great Restaurant Service

א׳ בכסלו ה׳תש״ע (Wednesday 18 November 2009)

I’d really like to join in the conversation myself, but the idea of reading through thousands of other people’s comments just to avoid saying something dumb and/or repeating what someone else said it not feasible, so I’ll write about it here. Bruce Buschel’s 100 Things Restaurant Staffers Should Never Do (1-50 and 51-100) is so [...]

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Rules: The Men’s Room

ח׳ במרחשון ה׳תש״ע (Monday 26 October 2009)

Here are some guidelines for men who want to use bathroom in their office building that’s shared between several companies: Do not initiate any conversations about business matters while in the bathroom. You never know who might be listening. And also, do you really want to be discussing clients, contracts and accounts while you’re touching [...]

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Advice: Roommate laundering

ז׳ במרחשון ה׳תש״ע (Sunday 25 October 2009)

What is the proper way to address the issue of roommates consuming my stuff without permission? A few roommates ago, someone lived with me who didn’t really understand the rules of living as a roommate in a shared apartment / someone else’s apartment (namely, mine). Over a period of several weeks and months, I began [...]

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