I’m convinced I’ve discovered the next Big Thing in TV. This is post-reality TV. I present: The Snip Show.
I admit, I’m borrowing a little from the talk show format here. But I ask you: when was the last time you had a genuinely intellectually stimulating conversation? One you enjoyed, debated with passion, began talking with […]

Peering over the frosted glass encapsulating myself and three arrogantly rigid wooden chairs, I survey the local area. Tens of quivering temps clutching anxiously at their resumes are sitting, waiting, fearing their vocational destiny just as I am.
The employment agency I’m visiting this morning has become my favourite. They’re quite professionally run and got me […]

‘Okay everyone,’ one of the women in the office cried out, unannounced. ‘We’re going to do some team building exercises this afternoon.’
My eyes widened with horror. This would surely be no better than my experiences with employment-related teamwork games, which invariably end up as controlled shouting matches.
‘I don’t really need to take part, do I?’ […]

Of recent years, frequenting department stores such as Myer, David Jones and Grace Bros. was a simple affair. You could stroll around at ease between the various departments and marvel at how the lack of staff competence decreased increasingly as you visited higher floors. (By the time you reach furniture on the top level, the […]

Dear Snack Brands Australia,
The packaging of your ‘CC’s Corn Chips’ continues to horrify me. In what can only be described as shades of communism, you continue to demand - nay, threaten! - consumption of your products or face an unknown sinister fate.
Ominous threats such as ‘You can’t say NO!’ were perhaps, in communist Russia, a […]

‘Sushi or pizza?’ I demanded of Adam, as we retraced our steps back home after a visit to the liquor store.
‘Yes,’ hiccuped Adam.
‘No,’ I patiently explained. ‘Which one?’
‘Sushipizza,’ he slurred.
‘Look, we’re closer to the Pizza Hut store.. Let’s just go there,’ I directed, as we ambled towards the small takeaway outlet.
Crashing through the doorway and […]

(With more apologies to Laryn Hill)
The cacophony of screaming children that surrounded me on my first day of primary school confused me. How could they not be pleased to attend such an exciting place? The toys presented to us were far more exciting than the toilet paper roll and egg carton tripe forced upon us […]