Another way years of varied professional experience fail to prepare one for this job

I've paid my rent over the years with several types of human interaction. I've hired and managed staffs of seventeen-year-olds at New York video stores. I've managed build crews of interns and demi-professionals at regional theaters around the northeast. I've managed part-time drivers and freelance technicians in the city. Each of these oddball assignments gives one a different perspective on the ups and downs of going to work.


In none of those capacities has any subordinate ever looked me in the eye and apologized because he carefully lowered himself off of the toilet so he could poop on the floor. I guess it just never came up.


Crying doodoo plush toy courtesy of the rather good Burgerlog poop shop.