http://thegreatofficeescape.com/following-the-crowd/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:23:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://thegreatofficeescape.com/following-the-crowd/#comment-65 The Great Office Escape » Blog Archive » Coffee Addiction Thu, 06 Sep 2007 06:17:38 +0000 http://thegreatofficeescape.com/following-the-crowd/#comment-65 [...] 2 - Everybody else is doing it. Don’t believe me? Stop and think for a second. Decaf is a good example to help prove my point. Ever wonder why there is decaf at all? I have a theory. Decaf is for people who subconsciously want to fit in as a coffee drinker but cannot, for one reason or another, handle the caffeine. They aren’t doing it for the taste (at least at first.) Coffee tastes terrible. There, I said it. There is a reason that most of us have to build up a taste for the stuff. Why do we build up a taste for anything that we find repulsive? Do you go drinking liquid Nyquil for fun? I am convinced that if liquid Nyquil became socially acceptable and what everyone was doing, we’d have a lot of drowsy workers who never ever coughed. People are lemmings. [...] [...] 2 - Everybody else is doing it. Don’t believe me? Stop and think for a second. Decaf is a good example to help prove my point. Ever wonder why there is decaf at all? I have a theory. Decaf is for people who subconsciously want to fit in as a coffee drinker but cannot, for one reason or another, handle the caffeine. They aren’t doing it for the taste (at least at first.) Coffee tastes terrible. There, I said it. There is a reason that most of us have to build up a taste for the stuff. Why do we build up a taste for anything that we find repulsive? Do you go drinking liquid Nyquil for fun? I am convinced that if liquid Nyquil became socially acceptable and what everyone was doing, we’d have a lot of drowsy workers who never ever coughed. People are lemmings. [...]

]]> http://thegreatofficeescape.com/following-the-crowd/#comment-55 The Great Office Escape » Blog Archive » The Perils of Raising Children Sun, 02 Sep 2007 03:15:46 +0000 http://thegreatofficeescape.com/following-the-crowd/#comment-55 [...] A few entries ago I listed child-rearing as one of six common things many people do, but not everyone should. After giving the matter some thought, I realized that this relates well to the theme of wanting to get out of the office and have a life with more free time. [...] [...] A few entries ago I listed child-rearing as one of six common things many people do, but not everyone should. After giving the matter some thought, I realized that this relates well to the theme of wanting to get out of the office and have a life with more free time. [...]

]]> http://thegreatofficeescape.com/following-the-crowd/#comment-46 Scott Jackson Sat, 25 Aug 2007 21:16:33 +0000 http://thegreatofficeescape.com/following-the-crowd/#comment-46 2) annoys me the most. The reason we have a 50+% divorce rate is because so many people believe this, and get married to the wrong person, and/or at the wrong time. I feel no pressure about future relationships or the idea of having children, at least not yet! 2) annoys me the most. The reason we have a 50+% divorce rate is because so many people believe this, and get married to the wrong person, and/or at the wrong time. I feel no pressure about future relationships or the idea of having children, at least not yet!

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