They Keep On Coming

 

Work Kills:

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/front_page/102604654.html?cmpid=15585797

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-ap-us-food-plant-shooting,0,78633.story

Thursday's shootings came weeks after a driver who had been accused of stealing from a Manchester, Conn., beer distributorship shot and killed eight people and then himself.

They Are Working For You

Have The Decency Not To Die At Work:

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Marketing-Serotonin-Defici-by-Dr-Stuart-Jeanne-B-100713-513.html

However most animal testing of new antidepressants is based on the "learned helplessness" model and involves submitting mice and rats to traumatic stress levels of stress. In the most common experiment, mice are dropped into a large vat of water and the researcher times how long they keep swimming before they give up. After taking a dose of Prozac, they swim longer before giving up.

Hit Him Again

New Technology In The Workplace:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/05/06/tsa.scanner.assault/?hpt=T3

A TSA worker at Miami International Airport in Florida was arrested for allegedly assaulting a co-worker who had repeatedly teased him about the size of his genitals.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0506101tsa1.html

Academic Stress Palace

Higher Education, My Ass:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-us-ala-university-shooting,0,5785018.story

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A woman opened fire during a biology faculty meeting at the University of Alabama'sHuntsville campus Friday, killing three faculty members and injuring two other faculty members and a staff member.

Road Rage

Went To Work, Never Made It Home:

http://www.pioneerlocal.com/wilmette/news/1998554,wn-stab-arrest-011910-s1.article

He is survived by his wife and two children.

Severance Package

It's Shooting Season In The Workplace:

http://www.ajc.com/news/cobb/penske-former-employee-behind-273347.html?cxtype=rss_news_128746

"It is a former employee," Ryerson said of the shooter.

Here They Come

It's That Time Of Year:

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/01/gunman-kills-one-wounds-others-at-st-louis-office-building.html

Gunman opens fire at St. Louis power company

Could've Been Me

The System Should Be Investigated For Manslaughter:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-suicidenov15,0,2044092.story?page=1

Police quickly blocked the street and began interviewing witnesses. At the Red Roof Inn, employees identified the man as a maintenance worker who had been employed there for just a few months.

Extremely Sick Society

I Admit To Knowing The Feeling:

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/os-shooting-reported-downtown-orlando-20091106,0,7958763.story

As Rodriguez was led to a police cruiser, a reporter shouted, "Why did you do it?"The 40-year-old draftsman offered only a cryptic response."Because they left me to rot," he said.

I Don't Like Mondays

Nothing Unusual Here, Move Along:

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/24083

... it's no coincidence that a brand new crime of desperation appeared with the Reagan Revolution: the worker who "goes postal." The first massacres began in the mid-late 1980s, and the shootings have repeated with such regularity that it seems we've got to the point where we almost accept them as part of the landscape, as if they're inevitable and they've always been with us, and always will.

Daily Meditation*

I do have the power to use hurtful words. I react to strongly and spontaneously. Thinking things through gets lost in the perception of an attack on me. Being clearheaded is a moment by moment effort. It's too easy to lash out. I apologize to everyone I have hurt with my words, and there has been many in recent times. In so many ways I see myself making progress in emotional development, then fall back into the old patterns of addled thinking. I'm learning, I'm striving for a peaceful existence. I let little things bother me to the point of pain and rage. I think I'm monitoring it, I have to believe these instances are getting fewer and farther between. I do know my nature isn't to hurt those around me. I do have a goal to be a better person. Why are we put on earth - to be a better person or to be a better worker? So much of our better nature is lost on the job site. How to hold your head high and have your spirit secure in the arena of office politics takes training in emotional intelligence. I'm a late, but willing, learner.