Tuesday felt like Friday

Here is my thinking:


Complimentary coffee (complete with Styrofoam cups, Sweet 'N Low, creamer, and those cool little stirring straws) is a kind gesture employers give to their hardworking employees.



But what they should really give out as a "gift" is a big bowl o' mints.


My reasons are two fold.


One, because mints are delicious and universally applicable... and delicious.


And two, because who hasn't found themselves at some point during the workday in dire need of a mint?


So here is my plan.


I'm going to buy myself a very plain looking plastic bowl and a bag of delicious mints and I'm going to set them at the coffee station, perhaps near the toaster.


People will come along and obviously be in need of a mint (I mean, they're either getting coffee or warming an English muffin... they'll need a mint, I'm sure) and they'll be glad there is one, even two, there for the taking.


I'll replenish the bowl as needed for a short duration, and then when the time is right, I'll let the bowl go disappointingly empty.


Some savvy young employee in charge of supplying the coffee station with essential complimentary comforts will see the need for more mints and, eager to impress his superiors, he'll get the job done.


And so on and so forth until mints are a staple (no pun intended) at the coffee station and no one can remember when there weren't mints for the taking.


Success!











I'll let you know how all of this goes.

"he don't listen"

Ok.


There is something that has bothered me for some time.


And as I sat at my desk today during long sprees of copy-and-pasting, and trying not to listen to gossipping for gossip's sake intermingled with jokes said in poor taste I dedicated some thought to it once again.


And that is this:


The word vermilion does not in any way match the actual color of vermilion.

I mean, in no way does the word vermilion make you think of bright red with a hit of orange. The letters in the word are not warm and bright, and they definitely aren't red.

And the sound of the word! Even further from the actual color it describes! A greyish-blue perhaps. Even a icy blue, but red?!? My goodness, no.


You can see how strongly I feel about this.


So what better to do than to ask people who probably know better than I do. That is to say, all of you. My questions being, what is with that name?


Any information you can give me will be greatly appreciated.

Personal opinions most definitely valued.