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Top 10 Most Depressing Careers

We’ve always believed that if you aren’t having fun at work, you either need to find a new place to work or a new position at that company.  We spend too much time at the job with These People, that if you’re not enjoying the experience you need to move on.

If not, you’ll just keep hating that job, those people, your bosses, the clients, etc. You’ll be in a death spiral of misery until you figure out a way to get out of that rut.

I Hate Myself and Want to Die: The 52 Most Depressing Songs You've Ever Heard
I Hate Myself and Want to Die:
The 52 Most Depressing Songs You’ve Ever Heard

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When the guy in the band needs to STFU

Listening to a band is awesome.

Listening to a band not play music and prattle on about how they were “inspired” to come up with a certain song?  It may work for Jimmy Buffett – but we’re here to listen to the music, not to you talk.

I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie
I’m with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie

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Eight signs your spouse is likely to cheat on you

Cheating on one’s spouse or partner in a relationship happens for many reasons.

Sometimes there is unhappiness; sometimes it’s desire. Every situation is different.

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Top 10 Grossing Apps for iPhone, iPad, and Android (June 2014)

We have a new entry on the iPhone list this month of the highest grossing smartphone apps – Family Guy!   And could we finally see a dating app break into the Top Ten?  We’ll have to wait and see…

TOP TEN GROSSING APPS FOR ANDROID

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20 Cities with the Dirtiest Restaurants

People often don’t complain about a dirty restaurant.

“I’ll bet that our kitchen at home is dirtier than a restaurant kitchen is, so why worry about it?” is a oft-cited statement.  And while that may be true, you’re at least aware of what is or isn’t dirty and take steps to recitify that before you dine.

If you didn’t care about this cleanliness perception, then why do you bother to clean your house before guests arrive? Why polish the silver or wipe down the haze from the glassware?

Exactly – you really are concerned about whether your home kitchen is clean, you just don’t want to admit it.

Restaurant Basics Revisited: Why Guests Don't Come Back ... and What You Can Do About It
Restaurant Basics Revisited:
Why Guests Don’t Come Back … and What You Can Do About It

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Top 5 Indicators of a Dirty Restaurant Kitchen

If there’s one thing that you should make note of, it’s the FOOD SAFETY INSPECTION notices that are posted in your local restaurants.

There are only two reasons why an Inspection Score is not posted: the manager forgot to do so, or the score is embarrassing to the owner/manager.

The former is seldom likely to happen, as not having the score posted itself is a violation to be noted on the next review.  The latter is more the case.  Some locations do everything they can to hide a low score from being visible to the inquiring public, from placing it far away behind a counter – visible, but not readable; to placing it behind other paperwork on the wall – also visible, but obscured.

We do know of one fast-food chain location that was so proud of their “100 out of 100” score that they made a 2′ x 3′ poster of the inspection and placed it at the front door. No hiding from that.

The Restaurant Manager's Handbook: How to Set Up, Operate, and Manage a Financially Successful Food Service OperationThe Restaurant Manager’s Handbook:
How to Set Up, Operate, and Manage
a Financially Successful Food Service Operation

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Almost 40% of all unemployed people have stopped trying to get a job

Today’s economic climate is definitely recovering and on the upswing compared to where it was a few years ago.

Are there curently layoffs at big companies? Sure.

But are all those newly unemployed people panicked today about their prospects of finding a new position at a new organization?  Also yes, but not as much as there was a few years ago.

Unlock the Hidden Job Market: 6 Steps to a Successful Job Search When Times Are Tough
Unlock the Hidden Job Market:
6 Steps to a Successful Job Search When Times Are Tough

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The 25 Best Companies to work for – if you want a HUGE salary

For some people, the higher the salary the happier they are.

They’ll jump around from company to company, spending 6 months in one place, a year in another – all in the attempt to continually “bounce up” in salary when moving from one company to another.

Why do they do that? Because we all know that staying with one company and relying on that 2%-3% annual raise – if you get even that – is not the best way to increase your retirement nest egg.

Negotiating Your Salary: How To Make $1000 a Minute
Negotiating Your Salary: How To Make $1000 a Minute