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Yasser Mattar @yeezermac (145) • Singapore, Singapore 25 Nov 15

Say, have you heard of the theory of parallel dimensions? Simplified, this theory states that there are many "you"s existing in many parallel realities. These parallel realities are are not aware of each other, and so you are not...

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Yasser Mattar @yeezermac (145) • Singapore, Singapore 24 Nov 15

So what do you do when you're forced to attend a team lunch? Objective: Minimize attention on yourself so that you can come out of the lunch unscathed Strategy: 1. Sit at the opposite end of the most talkative person. This...

Yasser Mattar @yeezermac (145) • Singapore, Singapore 18 Nov 15

Life begins as soon as work ends. While in the office, maintain a state of cryosis. Function only to perform duties as required. Bodily functions and needs such as drinking water and pissing are permitted. Social and emotional...

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Yasser Mattar @yeezermac (145) • Singapore, Singapore 17 Nov 15

Teachers who love to teach but hate working in public schools. Policemen who love to serve and protect but hate working in the force. Professors who love to ruminate on the frontiers of knowledge but hate working in universities....

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Yasser Mattar @yeezermac (145) • Singapore, Singapore 16 Nov 15

Tip on how to avoid conversations with colleagues: Play with your phone. Do whatever you want on it. Play a game, WhatsApp your friends, read the news. But once in a while, look up apologetically with a furrowed brow and say ,...

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Yasser Mattar @yeezermac (145) • Singapore, Singapore 15 Nov 15

Two good reasons why you should minimize your social interactions at work. 1. REDUCE RISK: Social interactions are risky. You never know who you might offend during your interactions. No matter how careful you are, some fella is...

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Yasser Mattar @yeezermac (145) • Singapore, Singapore 12 Nov 15

What most people don't know is that "job security" depends very largely on the next available decision-maker closest to them. Doesn't matter if we're in the government service, in the corporations or in universities. If the next...

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Yasser Mattar @yeezermac (145) • Singapore, Singapore 10 Nov 15

What's the difference between professional wrestling and MMA? The PERSONA and the SELL. Wrestling has big personalities. The Undertaker. The Ultimate Warrior. The Rock. Loud, colorful, iconic. On the other hand, MMA characters are...

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Yasser Mattar @yeezermac (145) • Singapore, Singapore 8 Nov 15

Should we laugh in the workplace? We should only laugh if and only if the joke comes from a Manager. Even then, we can't LOL or LMAO or ROFL. We should give just 3 "ha"s and stop. Not 2, not 4. Just 3. Laughing too much will...

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Yasser Mattar @yeezermac (145) • Singapore, Singapore 5 Nov 15

Some people are keen on seeing what we're capable of offering Others are keen on finding fault, and will only see what we're lacking in Yet others are just too cuffing stupid to acknowledge that we have different skills,...

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Yasser Mattar @yeezermac (145) • Singapore, Singapore 1 Nov 15

What do you do when a Manager tells you that you can be casual with him? That you can call him by his first name... that you can do and say whatever you think is right... that there is no fear and no prejudice? First thing to do...

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Yasser Mattar @youless That's a very tough way to work. EVeryday will be a challenge

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Yasser Mattar @yeezermac (145) • Singapore, Singapore 1 Nov 15

What do you do when a Manager tells you that you can be casual with him? That you can call him by his first name... that you can do and say whatever you think is right... that there is no fear and no prejudice? First thing to do...

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Yasser Mattar I salute you. You have dignity. Unfortunately for many other people in many other countries, dignity at the workplace is not an option. They either bow to management, or have no job.

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Yasser Mattar @yeezermac (145) • Singapore, Singapore 1 Nov 15

What do you do when a Manager tells you that you can be casual with him? That you can call him by his first name... that you can do and say whatever you think is right... that there is no fear and no prejudice? First thing to do...

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Yasser Mattar She shouldn't be allowed to manage, with her medical condition

4 Nov 15

Yasser Mattar @yeezermac (145) • Singapore, Singapore 4 Nov 15

People don't mind change, but they don't like being changed

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Yasser Mattar @yeezermac (145) • Singapore, Singapore 3 Nov 15

So you see Janice playfully smacking the Manager on the arm. You see Desmond put his hands around the Manager's shoulder. You hear Brandon calling the Manager "bro". So you wanna be as casual with the Manager too, huh? Don't....

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Yasser Mattar I understand. Different bosses have different preferences. And when those preferences become bases of discrimination, everyone who is outside of those preferences lose.

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Yasser Mattar @yeezermac (145) • Singapore, Singapore 3 Nov 15

So you see Janice playfully smacking the Manager on the arm. You see Desmond put his hands around the Manager's shoulder. You hear Brandon calling the Manager "bro". So you wanna be as casual with the Manager too, huh? Don't....

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Yasser Mattar They certainly should not. But in many countries, there are no labour laws that check on management. Labour laws only serve to assist management in managing proletariat.

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Yasser Mattar @yeezermac (145) • Singapore, Singapore 3 Nov 15

So you see Janice playfully smacking the Manager on the arm. You see Desmond put his hands around the Manager's shoulder. You hear Brandon calling the Manager "bro". So you wanna be as casual with the Manager too, huh? Don't....

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Yasser Mattar @TheHorse "Makkel" is a term that refers to Indians in Singapore and Malaysia. In Tamil, it means "my folkperson"

4 Nov 15

Yasser Mattar @yeezermac (145) • Singapore, Singapore 3 Nov 15

So you see Janice playfully smacking the Manager on the arm. You see Desmond put his hands around the Manager's shoulder. You hear Brandon calling the Manager "bro". So you wanna be as casual with the Manager too, huh? Don't....

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Yasser Mattar @cahaya1983 @vandana7 It is indeed unfair, but it happens. This sort of latent discrimination occurs in too many instances to count. I do not expect managers to be fair and magnanimous. After all, absolute power corrupts absolutely. Managers who know that they...

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Yasser Mattar @yeezermac (145) • Singapore, Singapore 3 Nov 15

So you see Janice playfully smacking the Manager on the arm. You see Desmond put his hands around the Manager's shoulder. You hear Brandon calling the Manager "bro". So you wanna be as casual with the Manager too, huh? Don't....

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Yasser Mattar @yeezermac (145) • Singapore, Singapore 2 Nov 15

So you've met A**HOLES at work? But have you met ASS-UME-HOLES? Assumeholes are colleagues who make stupid ass assumptions about us based on their limited understandings of the world. Here are some assumptions Assumeholes have...

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