Who to Be Nice to at the Office
In any organization, be nice to the following three people:
1. The boss’s secretary. She knows everything.
2. The security guard. Because you are going to show up one Saturday morning and your pass card is going to be at home in your gym bag.
3. The maintenance man. For when the building is too hot, too cold, or broken.
Handy tip: Notice where the building maintenance crew goes to smoke and text. That’s where there are no security cameras.
Guy D. Johnson is a writer and marketing communications professional. Previously an animation studio owner, daily newspaper editor, reporter and photographer, volunteer fireman, railroad bridge gang helper, FM radio station underling and cave guide. He has lived on farmland trusted to the sun and rain; atop a wooded hill; beside great rivers; upon an arid, high plateau; and at the subtropical coast of the Gulf of Mexico. For 20 years, he worked and wrote in New Orleans.