Commuting

Have you ever been in a situation or job where you have to drive a lot? You'd think it would make a person crazy. I've been commuting 200 miles each weekend. Aside from the gas and the occasional exhaustion, it really hasn't been so bad. It's easy to ignore most of the annoying things other drivers do. Who'da thought? Maybe it's the theory of relativity.

Though I must admit, if it were my job, I might just go to sleep one day and never wake up. I could never do what truck drivers do. Truck drivers, while hugely annoying in terms of size, are really some of the most courteous drivers on the road.

I'm learning the speed traps as well, though I'm seeing less and less of a need for speed limits. I think it would be better to create speed limit roads and non speed limit roads. That way, those of us who want to get where we're going, can.

DON'T TAKE MY COFFEE!!!!

In their desire to cut all possible extraneous costs in the workplace, many employers have done the dumbest thing imaginable. They've taken away the coffee!!

I've worked at a few of these places and the explanation is rarely sensible, much less explainable. Coffee, let's face it, is a drug. It's liquid caffeine. It keeps employees awake in many work places. It's a well documented fact that being awake improves productivity. Why would you take that OUT of your workplace??

This is a VERY simple mental leap to make. We're not talking a Matrix-style, jump-to-a-building-a-half-mile-away type of a thing. This leap is akin to stepping over a crack on the sidewalk.

I saw a study that says people actually think you care about them if you provide coffee. Go figure. While I wouldn't mave made that particular leap, I don't mind adding it to the list.

I have coffee a few times a week. I'm really not addicted, but common sense tells me it's a good thing to have in the workplace. Why is that something that many employers are lacking? (and I don't mean the coffee...)