Based on some recent incidents, let me reiterate: If you are the owner of a photo that appears on this site and wish it removed, you don’t need to get all legal and send threatening letters and takedown notices; just email me with the photo’s URL or leave a comment on the offending post and I will gladly remove it.
In other words…
Mark Alexander
You’re a bad man. You’re a very bad man!
Irreverent, independent, and often snarky partnered married gay boomer and doggie dad who is tired of moral pontification by hypocritical conservative assholes and hate filled religious bigots.
This blog is NSFW and intended for adults only.
It may contain unapologetically liberal diatribes and photos of naked men, either alone or together, doing things that may cause inexplicable erections among certain sanctimonious anti-gay Republican congressmen. In addition to my personal photography, images displayed here have been pulled from the internet.
I am old and gray.
Let me be frank.
People at work are not your friends or family. They are colleagues.
Yes, there are some you get along better with than others. It just makes coming to work a little easier.
Some will throw you under the bus if it means getting ahead. Some will be the office gossip and tell on you about everything, including how you part your hair. Some will take credit for your work without batting an eye. Some will put mine fields in your way just to see how you dodge them. The list goes on.
Keep your powder dry. Do your work with integrity. Mentor others. Help those up the ladder as you go first.
All in all, this is work. And remember, most of all, HR is not your friend.
Keep a diary off of the work computer. Document your work and things that may cause friction.
Leaving a job voluntarily, leaving because the job was eliminated and leaving a job because you were fired will elicit different reactions from your friends and coworkers. I know.