The Working Experience

John and I delve again into the issue of sexual harassment in the work place.  #MeToo is not a passing phase.

John and Matty K delve deep into the world of high finance and come out bruised and battered.  John shares some good stories from his former life on Wall Street in Trading and Investment Banking.

Recently, a plane had to make an emergency landing in Alaska because a passenger smeared feces all over two bathrooms.  A woman responded on Facebook with a story about a female coworker who regularly did the same thing in the office bathroom. Jesus Christ!

John and I talk commuting. Hours of your life, down the drain. It can be fun though. I guess.

John and I discuss job fulfillment versus having to money. Not everyone has the luxury of liking their job.

For a time, my brother Paul lived in “company housing” in Breckenridge, CO with Kevin and Mike, two guys who seem to represent a class of people who drift from one low income job to another. Funny and sad.

I chatted with Pat Quinn again about “Influencers” and how marketing works in this day and age.

Everyone talks about how busy they are, like it’s a talent.  John and I discuss the idea that people are not busy; they just want to seem like they are.

I talked with Mike A, his wife Chantal and Eddie C, all veterans of the film industry.  Mike tells me about his bipolar coworker and Chantal had a boss who used to steal bread from Panera.  Bobby Brown told Eddie to stop hitting on his girlfriend, Whitney Houston.

Talked again with my friend Chris in Montreal. He found a used condom in the service elevator at work and a guy who pooped his pants went right on working, until HR called an ambulance. That is the guy you want in your foxhole.

I spoke with Pat Quinn, one of the creators of the awesome website, Life of Dad. If you want the dope on being creative, listen to Pat!

I talk with my friend, Jay Sarrey, writer and director of the feature film Sunset Park.  Jay talks about the joys and hardships of making an independent film.  Best piece of advice: Work!

I told John about this taxi driver I had on the way into Boston. He told me about how he had lost his mother and his best friend to cancer.  Lots of emotion in a short ride.

Talking with my friend Chris from Montreal. The ins and outs of HR and the credit card business. He’s British, what are you gonna do?

Mike deals with a big time director who is big time lunatic.  Chantal’s wealthy boss steals bread from Panera every day and Eddie managed to piss off Bobby Brown.

Jesus! Do people really not know how to use a friggin’ public bathroom?  Keep your mouth shut, your head down and aim for the toilet.  Don’t forget to flush!

Call it the Domino Effect with Harvey toppling first.  Matty K and John discuss harassment in the work place.

Good Lord! Work is rough enough without someone crying.  But it happens.  Sometimes it is genuine and sometimes it is not.  John and Matty K discuss the nuances.

Matty K and John discuss eating habits in the office.  Some people’s food really stinks when they heat it up in the microwave.  Some people steal food at work.  It’s all pretty funny.

Apparently, people forgot what they learned about using the bathroom in kindergarten.  Flush, wash your hands, and do not peek under the stall door.  To be fair, I do that all the time.

Dave works for a big hospital.  One of his coworkers has appointed herself Keeper of the Refrigerator.  In her maniacal pursuit of cleanliness she throws out another coworker’s barely used bottle of salad dressing.  Bad break room etiquette.

Drew Ackerman, creative force behind the Sleep With Me podcast, joins me to discuss his days of cleaning the apartments of the elderly and delivering a mattress to a three hundred pound pig. F*cking LA!

Christian and Matty K worked in film together and Chris is now some sort of credit card guy in Montreal.  Among other juicy items, one of his coworkers defecated in his pants and stayed on the job. That’s the kind of guy you want in your foxhole!

My friend Mike is a police officer and provides some fascinating insights into his work and the types of situation he deals with. From the mundane to the hilarious to the thought provoking, he has some great stories.

Matty K and John explore the office conflicts that arise around Food! If you listen hard enough, you can smell the fish being warmed up in the office kitchen.