SFist: Boss's Day with Hillary Mendelsohn

Linda Neal

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:18:04 -0800

A new gadget is NuPocket. Only $20 for a cell phone holder with a hidden wallet. When you said Passport holder, I hoped you could imagine this. This is a wallet that folds over the waistband to carry your cell phone or passport, cash, coins and credit cards. A waterproof nylon wallet that grabs the cell phone to carry it under your hand, on your waist. Patent-pending 2007. I was substitute teaching and I had to have everything very very secure and organized. This is our first year. Everyone raves about how different it is. The McDonald's lady said her daughter borrowed hers and won't give it back. The deaf say it vibrates against their waist. The realtors are using it to carry their entry devices and paperwork in one holder. It is faster than a pocket. Women lose their purses because they don't have a pocket. Now here is a great pocket. Go for it!

Belgand

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:10:04 -0800

Here's an idea. Nobody needs to give anyone any perfunctory "you're appreciated" gifts in a business context. It's one-sided unless everyone gets one and if everyone gets one then it's ultimately pointless and we're all better off just keeping the money that we'd spend on gifts and that someone else would then spend on a counter-gift. The only people benefited by this crap are people who sell the damn gifts. It's work. You're doing it because they pay you to show up. Let's not try to act like it's grade school all over again.

mpantone

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:16:22 -0800

How about a nice little plush toy? I'm partial to the ulcer, staph and typhoid fever ones.

dancingspring

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:55:36 -0800

I have a totally awesome boss, but there is absolutely no way I'm going to celebrate this bullshit holiday.

fizzandpop

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:50:39 -0800

You interviewed a professional shopper. Is this Jane magazine in disguise?

Bushy Hyde

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:34:21 -0800

Anything that should MOST definitely be avoided? A flaming bag of dog shit. ------------------------------------------ In that case. No gift for my boss this Boss Day. What you say? Only 2 more weeks until Barista Day? ...I'm on it.

HappyChandler

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:20:41 -0800

Was this a paid ad or a post? National Bosses Day? WTF?

DJTennessee

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:25:30 -0800

Ummmm.... is this the wrong thread for me to address executive overcompensation?