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Skipping Out on Job Workshops, Meetings, Lectures, or Conferences
Published on 2010-08-24 11:56:00
Dear Charlie, I work for a well known company and am pretty high in the rankings. I have to attend certain workshops and training sessions each year in order to keep my status. This means schmoozing with industry professionals, listening to long talks and lectures, and being bored out of my mind for 3 days straight. I usually skip unnecessary meetings and talks. We have a conference coming up, but now one of my colleagues is going to be sharing a room with me. He is very straight edge and no fun
Unpleasant Reunion
Published on 2010-08-23 08:44:00
Dear Charlie, When I was a kid, I used to go to summer camp. I made a lot of friends that way, and have kept in touch with some of them over the years. Recently I went into a coffee shop and the guy working there looked familiar. I couldn’t place where I had seen him before until it hit me. He was one of my good childhood friends from summer camp. We had a lot of fun together and I have good memories of him. I was so surprised to see him again so I asked him if he remembered me. He did, but he
Boyfriend Secretly Seeks Advice
Published on 2010-08-19 10:14:00
Dear Charlie, I love to read advice columns. I read them all the time, all different kinds. I was reading a local magazine’s advice column here in Seattle, and one of the letters sounded very familiar. A guy wrote about his live in girlfriend, whom just celebrated their 2 year anniversary. He said his girlfriend was a student and he complained about her being self centered. He said that he didn’t always get along with her. He was questioning the relationship. It was almost as though my boyf