Archive for February 2007

Cosmetic Surgery Scheduler

Posted to Work on 28 February 2007, with 17 comments so far.

by Helen Jupiter—Age 29—Los Angeles, CA When I returned from backpacking across Europe, things had clarified for me. Somewhere between Moscow and Manchester I realized what I wanted to do with my life. After three months of staying in hostels from Amsterdam to Athens, I would return home and Do Good. It was that simple. [...]

Project Update

Posted to 400 Words News on 25 February 2007, with 1 comment so far.

Hi, Four Hundos. So: February is on its way out. Daylight savings time is, shockingly, just around the corner (it’s been moved forward this year). Bring it on. I can already feel spring fever, humming away in the background, waiting for its cue. I checked my email inbox yesterday, and realized that there’ve been over [...]

Regional Sales Manager

Posted to Work on 23 February 2007, with 2 comments so far.

by Michael Estabrook—Age 55—Acton, MA He’s my boss’s boss, and his entire division is out at this fancy-schmancy place called Mountain Shadows Resort and Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona, for a national sales meeting. It’s all the normal business-type activities: training sessions for a new product, a consultant to answer our concerns about the latest [...]

First Jobs

Posted to Work on 22 February 2007, with 1 comment so far.

by Doug Stone—Age 49—Ellington, CT That buzz startles me again from the bad ballast, standing out above the low hum of the rest of the fixtures. Back here in the stacks, you lose your senses, like in one of those deprivation tanks. Shelf reading, making sure books are filed in proper Dewey Decimal order, can [...]