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So what do you do when you’re running late to work and the escalator you’re on suddenly stops? I guess the answer isn’t quite as obvious for some people.

Tags: escalator video, funny video

In 2005, Maine’s nuclear safety inspector position was eliminated by the Legislature. Oddly, the funding for that position has been a little slow catching up so Patrick Dostie, the state’s current nuclear safety inspector, will continue to receive his $71,000 a year salary.

If you read the full story, you’ll see that the whole ordeal has some rather suspicious motivations by certain politicians. I’m sure all the residents of Maine would love to know that part of their taxes are going to pay for a job that hasn’t technically existed for a few years.

File that under your taxes at work.

Tags: nuclear safety inspector, Maine, taxes

If you’ve got a job where constant smiling is required, you may want to check out this story. Apparently, a German psychologist is claiming that smiling too often can cause stress, depression, and heart problems.

Ok, so you clearly need to take this story with a grain of salt, but maybe you should bookmark so that next time your boss asks you to smile more, you can tell him you’re just watching your health.

File that under frowning saves lives.

Tags: smiling, stress

Last week a study was released in the UK saying that 80% of employers believe that alcohol is the biggest threat to their staff. A substute teacher in Texas has proven that it’s also a big problem here in the United States when he showed up to teach one day but was found to be so drunk that he couldn’t complete a sobriety test.

Oh yeah, and did I mention that his license plate reads “IMBLZT”? Ok, so he claims that it’s supposed to stand for “I’m blessed” - but I’m gonna go ahead and call BS on that one.

File that under IMARSTD.

Tags: public intoxication, substitute teacher

What happens when you’ve got an incredibly hot coworker who can’t understand any of the sexual euphemisms you’re throwing their way? Well, why not check out the following video to find out.

Tags: sexual euphemisms, funny video

In yet another absurd study that pretty much only proves that studies prove nothing, stay-at-home moms apparently would be compensated $117,000 each year for the work they do at home.

Most of the inflated figures come from the supposed overtime that’s worked each week - with moms reporting a typical work week of 94.4 hours. Uh… yeah… sure. So let’s do a little math on that one. Each week consists of 168 hours. Subtract 56 for sleep (8 hours a day) and that leaves you with 112 hours. Take out a couple hours each day for eating and you’ve now been left with 30 minutes each day that doesn’t involve sleeping, eating, or working? Uh, yeah. My guess is that some of these mothers lied just a bit.

Oh, and don’t bother bringing in the fact that I’m sure the fathers contribute a decent amount after their normal work hours as well. Unless the moms surveyed were unlucky enough to find themselves with husbands who never clean, cook, play with their kids, drive their family anywhere, help with homework, etc. etc. I’m not saying stay-at-home mothers don’t do a hell of a lot, but these inflated figures are hilarious.

File that under 94.4 hours * 52 weeks * $10 an hour = about $50,000.

Tags: stay-at-home moms

I would guess that many gas station clerks work with a fear of being robbed. Of course, if it ever does happen, you’d like to think the company you work for wouldn’t turn around and fire you because you had $200 on hand rather than the maximum $50 that you’re supposed to.

Talk about bad PR. Firing a guy over $150? Yeah, I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that the company hasn’t heard the last of it. I actually never knew gas stations usually only hold so little in the register, makes you wonder if the criminals who rob gas stations know that they are risking so much for so little.

File that under better than killed over $200.

Tags: gas stations, robbery, being fired

As you’ve already noticed, Office Humor Blog has recently received a new coat of paint. I’ve ditched the 800×600 compliant layout for a larger 1024 width compliant layout. This has allowed me to add some newer features (such as recent comments) as well as push the main content higher up on the page. I plan on adding even more features to the site in the coming days, so keep yours eyes peeled.

What four out of five employers place alcohol at the top of the list of concerns for their staff, you know there must be a problem. Of course, when you go on to read the article and it says that only one in ten employees have ever been drunk at work, I think you’d agree that it’s not quite as big a problem as the article attempts to make it sound.

Sure, one third admit to have shown up to work with a hangover, but when only ten percent have ever shown up drunk, I don’t really think you should be worrying about it so much. It’s not like that ten percent show up drunk every day. The fact that they suggest companies need to take it upon themselves to offer employees help is also kind of rediculous. Sure, it’s always nice if a company decides to offer counseling programs and other help to its employees, but I don’t think drinking problems should be the concern of your employer. It’s your problem if you show up drunk, and if you make it your company’s - maybe it’s time you find work elsewhere.

File that under a drunk employee is a happy employee.

Tags: drunk at work

Substitute teachers are “at will” employees - meaning they can be let go for any reason - though being fired for wizardry seems like a bit of a stretch. That so-called wizardry was a disappearing toothpick trick by the way.

The school has since claimed there was more to the decision than merely a disappearing toothpick, however, Jim Piculas (the subsitute teacher/wizard) claims he was never notified of anyproblems until they brought up his magic trick. Sure, if the magic trick was an hour long performance that wasted students’ time or if it were inappropriate with something sexual, violent, or disturbing - but a 30 second trick where a toothpick disappears and reappears? If that’s really why he was let go, I guess it’s a good thing that we have such an excess of teachers out there… oh wait.

File that under abra cadabwhaaaa??

Tags: toothpick magic trick, substitute teacher