Modern Pillory Torture: Hold Music

Where do PSYOPS officers go when they retire? To design hold music, of course. Simply put, most hold music is a cheese grater on the human nervous system. There are few auditory experiences on this earth more jolting than Lloyd Christmas of Dumb and Dumber saying, “what’s the most annoying sound you’ve ever heard? AAAAaaAAAAnnnhhhaaaaAAAHHHHHHhhh…” […]

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Head Dancing

There is a meeting room where I work in which its Miami Vice color scheme, fuzzy lighting, and muffled acoustics combine to create an overpowering snooze-inducing effect. When I sit down in this room, I soon find myself squinting and taking shallow, hamster-like breaths as a wave of sleepiness froths over me. It doesn’t matter […]

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Motivation

Five years ago or so I read a book by Dennis Bakke called Joy at Work. I found the author’s candor and clarity refreshing. In this book, Bakke takes on the old school “Industrial Revolution” mindset of many managers, pointing out that holding to this type of traditional mentality is often demeaning and disrespectful to […]

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