Break from the Grind

In Coon Rapids, Minnesota, someone at a gas station next to a Burger King called police to report what appeared to be an act of vandalism. Burger King...

Are you happier and/or better off than you were a year ago? You may respond to this week’s survey by 6 p.m. Pacific time today at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/8VXD2V8.

Jack Gilbert, a microbiologist at Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois, is co-author of a 2014 study in the journal of Applied and Environmental Microbiology in which researchers tracked...

How did voting methods evolve from colonial times until now? In colonial times, in many places, election days were social occasions accompanied by much eating and drinking. When...

In Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, a woman was seen scooping lettuce out of the salad bar with her hands at a pizza restaurant. Another woman told management, and an...

Investing in products based on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors has been called socially responsible investing, sustainable investing, and most recently coined by the Department of Labor...

Asked by OfficeTeam how often their companies act on information gathered during exit interviews with departing employees, 28% of human resources (HR) managers said “very often,” while 35%...

Glassdoor has combed through hundreds of thousands of interview questions shared by job candidates over the past year to compile its annual list of the Top 10 Oddball...

Do you know how many times the Falls have stopped flowing and why? On March 29th 1848, Niagara Falls ran dry during a weather related occurrence—a south-west gale...

In Columbia, Pennsylvania, a family returned from a trip to find a 21-year-old man in their home, wearing their clothes, eating their food and rearranging their furniture. According...

This week, I’d like to know, does your company offer a paid holiday for Easter, and do you think companies should offer a paid holiday for Easter? You...

March Madness activities at work are less of a slam dunk for increasing morale and productivity, new research from staffing firm OfficeTeam suggests. Five percent of senior managers...

The youngest person to assume office was Theodore Roosevelt (age 42), who became president following William McKinley’s assassination. The youngest president elected to office was John F. Kennedy...

In Bukit Mertajam, Malaysia, a man attempted to steal about $7 worth of food from a local supermarket. According to news reports, when caught, the man confessed and...

This week, I’d like to know if you ever work while tired, how often, and has it led to mistakes or embarrassing moments? Do you have any tips...

Nearly three-quarters (74%) of U.S. workers say they work while tired, with nearly one-third (31%) saying they do so very often, according to a new survey by staffing...

Do you know how many departments are in the Cabinet and what they are? The Cabinet includes the Vice President and the heads of 15 executive departments—the Secretaries...

In Laojunshan, Henan Province, China, on the lead up to International Women’s Day, an event was organized to promote forgiveness between husbands and wives, empowering women. Men lined...

He went on to say that’s probably not a good retirement strategy anyway, especially if being near one’s family and loved ones is important for caregiving and emotional...

More than half of workers (55%) do not believe men and women are paid equally for the same job, and a similar proportion (51%) do not feel men...