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...plight faces the ambitious worker who is stuck in a job that gives insufficient scope to his talents. In better times, he would look for and probably find another job. During recession, he is likely to stay put and may do only enough work to keep on drawing his paycheck. His career is blocked; society misses the enthusiasm that he could bring to a new job and incurs a loss of productivity...
...Holcombe got a three-day suspension, which after a hearing was later reduced to one day. But he is unwilling to accept any suspension at all, and hence sent his last paycheck back to Personnel because it included a pay reduction stemming from the suspension...
Holcombe said this week he will not accept the paycheck "unless they tear up my suspension form...
...audiophile who is determined to spend your summer paycheck--$300 to $1500--on a complete component system, then shopping for a stereo can be a tormenting experience. The first thing to realize is that, unless you're a physics major, you know nothing about the electronic workings of the systems you look at. Advertisers and salesmen will come at you with "the 400-millisecond miracle," "reverberent field dominant," and "silver-lined circuitry." Don't worry if you don't understand these terms; you're not supposed to. The companies are preying upon your technical ignorance and attempting to dazzle...
...never wanted to be a hero. All I wanted to do was go to work, come home, and get my paycheck once a week...