A colleague brought these unbelievable fresh, hot, Duck Donuts into the office yesterday.
Each one weighs like a brick and is so full of carbohydrate good(bad)ness.
I had to use all my self-control and willpower not to eat any (or all) of these.
It comes down to mind over matter–If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter! 😉
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
It was funny at work recently.
The team was having some “technical difficulties” getting something done.
It wasn’t like it wasn’t going to happen, it was just taking a little longer than expected.
I was riding herd on this, since we had made a commitment to get it done by a certain date and time and it was important to get it right.
After a number of delays, I started to question whether we were really going to be able to meet the deadline, and one of my colleagues asks about how the boss will react if we don’t make it.
Then all of a sudden, they blurt out, “Is he going to sh*t a brick if we don’t make it?”
I was a little taken aback at the saying, but then it was sort of a funny image of the extreme kvetchy face a person would be making in such a situation–trying to pass not a (little) stone, but literally a big brick.
As it turns out, we made the deadline–although we had to use the buffer time we had carefully built in–and the team did a great job, so no bricks, no stones, and just kudos all around. 😉
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
This was quite interesting in the local food store.
There in the aisle are shelves full of chips to eat.
On this shelf were Stacy’s Pita Crisps–5 Cheese Flavor…doesn’t sound too bad.
But next to the chips, on the same shelf, was a brick…yes, literally a solid brick wrapped in cellophane…why to keep it fresh!
Who would wrap a brick in cellophane and put it out among the other foods to eat???
Maybe the chocolate custard-filled donuts got stale–very stale–and turned into a brick.
So even the cellophane wrapping couldn’t keep it fresh.
Never buy baked goods wrapped in cellophane…you already know they are old(ish) and who knows it could be turning into a stale brick. 😉
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
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