About: Margo

Hi, Margo here. Top 10 Pet Peeves 1. Roommates - ‘nuf said 2. Drivers who don’t understand the concept of merging 3. Drivers who can’t grasp the purpose of their own turn signal 4. Waiting at a red light forevvvvvvvverrrrrr when there is no traffic going the other direction. 5. People who think they’re all that-whatever “that” is 6. Offensive jokes 7. Hypocrisy in myself or others 8. Stubbing my toe - it happens a lot 9. Warm drinking water 10. Being on hold Favorite Sugar Cereal: Golden Grahams Favorite Non-Sugared Cereal: Corn Flakes - really! Best Funny T-Shirt, according to Margo: I’m not speeding. . .I’m QUALIFYING! (T-shirt graphics include racing flags) First Thing I Would Do If. . . I won an all-expense paid vacation to Europe: Ask for 3 months off at work! Color Me Happy When. . . . I get the shady parking space for my old car with no A/C There is something in the mail besides bills and catalogs It’s Friday!!!! I’m eating dark chocolate I’m reading a good book

Recent Posts by Margo

Seeing The Ability In Disability

Written on July 18, 2008 at 7:57 pm, by Margo

Does it start in grade school as sides are chosen, or much much earlier? Whatever it spawns from, it seems wrong to me to put others down for being different. Why can we not focus on the strengths we each possess rather than pointing to the differences?

College, Interviewing, Office difference, kind, labels, philosopher, strengths, talents, understood No Comments

So I Would Not Make A Good Barista

Written on July 15, 2008 at 6:47 pm, by Margo

One of these tasks included making coffee. Sounds simple, right? I do not come from a coffee-drinking home, so it was new to me. I tried to pay careful attention to her instructions.

Coffee Break, Office coffee, law, law office, lawyer, phone, receptionist No Comments

I Admit It, I Am A Procrastinator

Written on July 15, 2008 at 6:02 pm, by Margo

This post is dedicated to all those people who staff such retail locations. I remember one time in particular when they saved my sanity as well as my grade.

Coffee Break, College art, class, College, degree, glue, grade, item, posters, project, purchase, staff, store No Comments

Thumbtacks, Sloughing, and other Misnomers

Written on July 11, 2008 at 10:59 pm, by Margo

Being a woman means different things to each woman, but there are some things we can all relate to, and probably wish we did not understand so well.

College health, laugh, professor, womanhood, womens health No Comments

Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe, Which Job Will Really Bring in the Dough?

Written on July 10, 2008 at 10:27 pm, by Margo

Now, however, education is a means to an end, and that ‘end,’ i.e. job, requires joining the rat race along with everyone else.

College, Interviewing, Office career, earn, education, fulfillment, goal, job No Comments

Classes & Jobs

From college to the job world… and all the stress along the way.