We all have expectations, so we all also know strongly the feeling of disappointment. It is only when you truly have no expectations that you are never disappointed. That was the topic around the water cooler a couple of days ago. People will often say that they had no expectations, which is a fallacy. Human … Continue reading Sam’s Weekly Water Cooler Musings: On Disappointment
If you found a $20 bill on the ground, would you keep it? Around the water cooler, we agreed that, depending on the circumstances, we would probably keep it. Unless it happened to be inside of a public building, or a building where the public goes for various activities. For example, a library, a store, … Continue reading Sam’s Weekly Water Cooler Musings: On Thievery
Holidays have a much bigger role in our society than they used to, at least that’s what we decided in our latest chat session near the water cooler. You can tell this primarily through the build-up to them, or at least to the major ones. Time was when no one thought about Christmas until after … Continue reading Sam’s Weekly Water Cooler Musings: On Holidays, Cards, and Being Left Out
Back when Thak and Zog were ruling the cave world with their whale bone clubs, they had one definition for violence. If they mess with you, beat them over the head. Problem solved. Since then many people have invested lots of time and energy into creating many different ways to solve problems in a violent … Continue reading Sam’s Weekly Water Cooler Musings: On Violence
We spend most of our lives deciding who gets in and who stays out of our inner sanctum, but sometimes that decision is made for us. How does it make us feel when this happens? That was the topic at the water cooler today. At first I didn’t want to join in, but I was … Continue reading Sam’s Weekly Water Cooler Musings: On Personal Space
Everybody knows that black people have rhythm, Italian women can cook, Asian people are good at math, and homosexuals are good at interior design. Right? WRONG. Yet, when you read each one of those things, you knew exactly why I typed it, because of a little thing I like to call pre-judging before knowing, while … Continue reading Sam’s Weekly Water Cooler Musings: On Stereotyping
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