Comments on 'When Life Gives You Lemons, Pucker Up (The "When Life Gives You Lemons" Challenge)'Ever since we were bought out, the number of meetings I've been involved in has gone up.
I can't understand how a large company can get anything accomplished if they are in meetings all the time.
This time we are talking about how a new campaign to increase employee productivity. Because I'm manager, I've got to give my input.
"You are the face of the company."
That's the slogan they're going to use? How stupid. It's not creative. I could not say that with a straight face to the people I manage.
"I love it. It works perfectly." Wait, who said that.You've got be to kidding me, the branch president loves it. Which means, this is the part I hate.
"Sounds like a winner to me." I respond, along with the other managers.
Well, dad did warn me. "In the corporate world, when life gives you lemons, pucker up."2008-04-15T18:24:03Zhttp://ficlets.com/feed/story/27077Comment on When Life Gives You Lemons, Pucker Up (The "When Life Gives You Lemons" Challenge)<p>nice board room drama. Its not just the corporate world.. Its the underworlds too. Good illustration of life in the corporate world. The manager seems almost humane and cares about his staff. That is until his boss has him in the clenches with a cliche.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/27077?basename=566352008-04-15T18:24:03ZApostrophe http://ficlets.com/authors/murphyrose27Comment on When Life Gives You Lemons, Pucker Up (The "When Life Gives You Lemons" Challenge)<p>ooh..very nice<br />LoA</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/27077?basename=565962008-04-15T16:26:53Zsomeday_93http://ficlets.com/authors/someday_93Comment on When Life Gives You Lemons, Pucker Up (The "When Life Gives You Lemons" Challenge)<p>very nice!</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/27077?basename=551702008-04-09T00:39:37ZYeah Write!http://ficlets.com/authors/yeahwriteComment on When Life Gives You Lemons, Pucker Up (The "When Life Gives You Lemons" Challenge)<p>I like the way you incoroprated the phrase into your story, like a moral. This sorta reminds me of the beginning of the book So Yesterday by Scott Westerfeld. That was one good book.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/27077?basename=551192008-04-08T21:46:00Zflute faeriehttp://ficlets.com/authors/user_6061Comment on When Life Gives You Lemons, Pucker Up (The "When Life Gives You Lemons" Challenge)<p>Nice double meaning! I really think people need to stop agreeing with bad ideas, be bold! Politely. Politely bold. Then maybe things would work, corporately.<br />It’ll never happen, but hey.<br />LoA</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/27077?basename=550942008-04-08T20:49:35ZMistress Elsha Hawkhttp://ficlets.com/authors/mistress_elsha_hawkComment on When Life Gives You Lemons, Pucker Up (The "When Life Gives You Lemons" Challenge)<p>Great twist on the saying, and a wonderful use of double meanings there. Ah, the corporate life…I avoided that fate like the plague.<br />LoA</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/27077?basename=550292008-04-08T14:49:10ZTHX 0477http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477