The life of a mast
Many times in life, youâll wake up and find masts that donât belong to you in your backyard or at your radio station. I spent many of my formative years studying physics and agriculture, so I recall that masts grow in moist areas and in areas of good loam soil. Loam soil because it has […]
Things UMEME Has Added To Our Vocabulary
Things UMEME has added to our vocabulary Every other day we come up with a new expletive to use when referring to the entity charged with keeping our homes and work-places lit. Be that as it may, the baby is being thrown out with the bath water. In all this, we never stop to thank […]
Corporate bureaucracy kills the simple things of office life
If youâve worked for a company for some time, you know that the true beauty of any company is in its bureaucracy. You simply cannot walk up to the locker and pick pensâŚno. You need to go to Hadijah because she has the pen that signs the permission slip that grants you access to the […]
Who deserves a raise at work
Iâve never been a boss at a work place. The palm reader I went to said Iâd be boss in a few years so it wonât be long now; âBoss Peter, coming to a workplace near youâ. I imagine it is very hard being a boss. When do you allow employees to go to pee? […]
Coping With Powerlessness
The dark ages are upon us. Run for the hills. That would work if the hills werenât covered in darkness too. To avoid going home to a dark house and the sounds of mice playing hide and seek in the bathroom, the recent power cuts have us staying at work longer and subsequently watching soaps […]
The Measure Of A Good Neighbour
You may be one of those people who think that they do not have cool neighbors. You silently wish for better neighbors to move in, or for the current ones to become cooler. Â I am here to inform you of how good you have it. Is your neighbor good? Take this simple test and find […]
This is what the real world looks like
The moment you are done with school and you finally put your small bundle of books neatly away (we all know that we burn our books after school but this column is parent-sensitive). Yes, after school, one usually neatly puts away the bundle of books that has seen them through the exams. The young person […]
Questions To Ask In A Job Interview
Many times in my life I have found myself sweating behind the ears because of an impending job interview. You spend the night up memorizing all these nice things to say to ensure you get the job. It is a very trying time I tell you. Throughout this hard situation, no one takes time off […]
How To Gracefully Lay Off an Employee
I have heard of how companies lay off employees and I think there are better ways of doing it. Much as the people behind the layoffs, the ones in Human Resource, have several degrees under their belts, I have spent several hours on the internet to back my findings. You cannot contest internet findings. It […]
Save Energy, Enjoy Life
In these days of no electricity, it is only prudent that we save as much energy as we possibly can. Electricity is so scarce, if it were possible to fill basins with it, Iâd strongly encourage you to do so. I do however have some tips that will help you sail through these dark days […]