November 3rd, 2004
The Top 8 Ways Your Job Would Be
Different If You Could Time-Travel
Different If You Could Time-Travel
8> I could determine how long that ham sandwich has been in the refrigerator before stealing it.
7> I could skip to 2014, find out what the killer technologies are and start my own company now. No boss! No profit-sharing!
6> Go back to college days and either pay attention in class – or convince myself to change majors.
5> Avoid the accident that caused the blindness that forced me into a career as a Major League Baseball umpire.
4> The unsurpassed pleasure of sleeping through a meeting, schtupping the boss’ secretary *and* stealing office supplies at exactly the same time.
3> First order of business: Keep boss’ parents from *ever* meeting each other.
2> I could jump ahead two years to find out what my boss really wanted out of the project, and then come back and do it.
and the Number 1 Way Your Job Would Be Different If You Could
Time-Travel…
Time-Travel…
1> I could go back to 1973 and determine a better way to invest the last raise I received.
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Credits:
Selected from 17 submissions from 6 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:
Mark Sweatt, Marietta, GA — 1, 8 (Employee of the week!)
William Wickart, Hillsboro, OR — 2, 7
Janis Spidle, Kansas City, MO — 3
James Knowles, Bellingham, WA — 4, 5
Richard W. Lipp, Lenexa, KS — 6
Joel Baskin, Redmond, WA — Topic
K.W. Wyckham, Youngstown, Ohio — Banner Tag
Wade Kwon, Birmingham, AL — President & CEO