Posted on May 17, 2020
by Alex V. Weir
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Took an extra shift to help pay for my top-shelf whiskey habit. Ouch. Other topics: Kinky Face Wear The Lutefisk Crowd Might Be RIght (Though stinky) Sven decides not to be a Karen (for once): https://www.unz.com/mwhitney/in-the-race-for-immunity-sweden-leads-the-pack/ Enjoy this post? –Please support the Journal (Paypal)
Category: Alex Weir, Current Events, Politics, Social Commentary, The Fractal Journal, Uncategorized, VlogTags: COVID19, Face Masks, Fatigue, Lockdown, Mike Whitney, Sweden, Unz Review, UPS, Work
Posted on May 13, 2020
by Alex V. Weir
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It takes Courage and Conviction to keep this shitty caterpillar squatting above my upper lip till June. While we’re at it let’s explore the shibboleth of ‘workin’ for a livin’. Ah, dear yet more tedious observations regarding Millenials to contend with. All this while… Continue Reading “TFS 54 – American Single Malts, Workin’ for a Livin’, Muh Millenials, and YouTube Bric a Brac”
Category: Alex Weir, Humor, Philosophy, Social Commentary, The Fractal Journal, Uncategorized, VlogTags: American Single Malts, Courage and Conviction, Economics, History, Millenials, Whisky, Work, Working for a Living, YouTube
Drive thru-breakfast food is your master. Despair for the fetters of Waffle House are wrought of iron.
Posted on February 12, 2020
by Alex V. Weir
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A semi-solipsistic shotgun blast of impromptu theorizing.
Category: Alex Weir, Humor, Psychology, Social Commentary, The Fractal Journal, Uncategorized, VlogTags: Creativity, Diet, Flow States, Life, Productivity, Work
Posted on December 22, 2019
by Alex V. Weir
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This video is about my recent experience as a preloader. If you came here looking for advice on filing a grievance click this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPHjXmLobfE . I’m just here to lay out some concerns peculiar to my hub in the interest of promoting communication… Continue Reading “Communication at UPS – Should I File A Grievance (Vlog)”
Category: Alex Weir, Current Events, Social Commentary, Technology, The Fractal Journal, Uncategorized, VlogTags: Blue Collar, Business, Communication, Labor, Society, Union, UPS, Work
Posted on December 17, 2019
by Alex V. Weir
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I bitch a lot about my day job so here are some of the perks. I’m too shagged out to make it terribly witty or poetic but I’m trying damn it! 1) My feet are strong. I got buff feet yall. They conform to… Continue Reading “Ten Joys of Simple Work”
Category: Alex Weir, Humor, Philosophy, Social Commentary, The Fractal Journal, UncategorizedTags: Appreciation, Blogs, Blue Collar, Goofs, Life, Lifestyle, Lists, Manual Labor, Package Handler, UPS, Work, Working Class
Posted on December 31, 2017
by Alex V. Weir
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I’m fond of the Foamy series which I’ve been watching since I was a teenager. I find that this episode I just stumbled across fits really well with the theme of some of my recent posts. There’s sometimes a bit of language and risque… Continue Reading “Jobs, motivation, and cartoon squirrels.”
Posted on October 13, 2017
by Alex V. Weir
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I am not a salesman. I suppose I could be if I worked at it but I don’t find it very engaging. That’s not to say that Sales is a bad career or that sales people are bad. If you believe in your product… Continue Reading “A Week in Sales”
Posted on October 9, 2017
by Alex V. Weir
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Take cars, for example. It takes 75,000 gallons of water to produce one ton of steel. Since the average car contains about 2,150 pounds of steel, that means over 80,000 gallons of water is needed to produce the finished steel for one car. An… Continue Reading “ROI Today – Are we productive?”
TFS 58 – UPS Blues, Face Thong, and Sweden
Posted on May 17, 2020 by Alex V. Weir
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Took an extra shift to help pay for my top-shelf whiskey habit. Ouch. Other topics: Kinky Face Wear The Lutefisk Crowd Might Be RIght (Though stinky) Sven decides not to be a Karen (for once): https://www.unz.com/mwhitney/in-the-race-for-immunity-sweden-leads-the-pack/ Enjoy this post? –Please support the Journal (Paypal)
Category: Alex Weir, Current Events, Politics, Social Commentary, The Fractal Journal, Uncategorized, VlogTags: COVID19, Face Masks, Fatigue, Lockdown, Mike Whitney, Sweden, Unz Review, UPS, Work