July 8, 2005
FOUR FOR FRIDAY
Q1: If your employer allowed you to work from home, would you? If so, what--aside from your daily commute--would be different about your morning routine? For instance, if you now shower in the morning, would you continue to do so before starting work, or would you put it off until later in the day or maybe not even shower at all?
Q2: Since yesterday's bombings in London, a number of security analysts have been quoted as saying that the attacks were inevitable, and to some degree, unavoidable. Do you agree with that observation? If not, what do you think government and/or private industry needs to do to ensure public safety?
Q3: How are you different from your parents? In which ways are you the same?
Q4: Have you ever called 911? If so, what were the circumstances associated with the call?
Posted by Mikal at July 8, 2005 2:05 AM
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What I would do differently if I could work-at-home is sleep late. Right now I wake up at 5:30 every morning.
But what I would miss by working at home is the social aspect of work, the talking around the water cooler.
I donít think you could ever stop it. Look at Israel, with all of their security that canít stop it. Even if we adapted a police state tactics, you wonít be able to stop a determined fanatic from blowing themselves up.
Two ways I am different from my parents, first I am more liberal than they were and the other way is I am never on time to any function.
Probably both traits are the results of my father being a Lt. Colonel and a devout Catholic, he was a very conservative. Also very punctual, we were always the firstís one at church, if we were invited to a party or something we would be sitting out in the car waiting for the appointed hour and then march up to the door at the exact time of the invitation. But his faults aside he loved his children and would do anything for them and we loved him. He put up with all of my rebelliousness, with just a look and a slight frown. He passed away this May at the age of 95.
Yes I called 911 twice, once at work and once for my father. My father was trying to open a new bottle of hot sauce, when if finally got the cover off the bottle the hot sauce splashed his face and in his eyes. I immediately washed his eyes out under the facet and called 911. At work one of the employees came up to me and told me he wasnít feeling well ( I am on the First Aid squad at work. ) and all of a sudden his eyes rolled up and he just collapsed.
Q1) No. For one thing, I'd never get anything done. Plus, my job is too hands-on to do from a remote locale.
Q2) Yes, they've been saying the "West" should be looking for this to happen for decades. I'm quite frankly surprised it has taken this long. It is impossible to ensure safety as long as someone has it in their head to inflict harm.
I bet in the next decade, we see more Christians doing Islamic-style terrorism against religious minorities and other groups.
Q3) Other than our love of cleanliness, we're nothing alike.
Q4) I've been witness to several bad auto accidents, thus having to call 911. I've also called 911 to report a prowler.
1. I would love to work from home. Sure, it might be distracting with the TV, telephone, etc., but it would be more comfortable. I would definitely try and stick to a routine, just so I don't get lazy. My shower might get pushed back, but I guess it just depends on what I had to do every day.
2. I guess one could say the bombings were inevitable. Once it starts, doesn't seem like it will stop anytime soon, unfortunately.
3. Different: I've traveled more, have had different life experiences. We're the same in our attitudes about how we live our lives, and we have similar personalities.
4. I've never needed to call 911, thankfully, and I hope there never is a need for me to do so.
1. I work in a doctor's office, so it would be kind of hard to work from my apartment.
2. I think terrorism/bombings are inevitable. I don't live in fear of the unknown. I accept that Bad Things [TM] happen and live my life as I always have. If I had the money to travel, I would still go to Florida and swim in the ocean, sit on the beach in Phuket, Thailand, and take the Tube in London. I refuse to let media hysteria sway the way I live.
3. Physically, I am a mix of both. I have my mother's blue eyes and early greying hair, but I have my father's physical build.
4. Never called 911, though I did call a non-emergency number to report a (suspected) drunk driver once.
1) I can work from home occasionally on a need-to basis (like if one of my kids is sick). However, I don't think I could work at home all the time; I'm not that disciplined, and I would miss the social aspect immensely. Plus, I eat a lot more when I'm home all day.
2) I have a problem with the idea that we assume any violence is "unavoidable" -- b/c that's almost like giving it permission. But, I also think that like a previous commenter said, if some nutjob is going to kill himself in a public place then there's not much we can do to prevent any and all cases. As far as ensuring public safety, there's only so much that CAN be done -- it has to start on a bigger scale. We have to start behaving like global citizens and teach our children to respect other cultures and other country's citizens. Lessening their motivation will lessen their recruitment -- at least hopefully.
3) I have my mother's creativity and my father's temper; my mother's gregariousness and chattiness, my father's physical appearance, except for the hair. I got bad veins and my fingers from my mom. But, I am very different from both of them in that I'm a little bit less emotional than they both are, and more, shall we say, mentally stable. Most of the time.
4) I called 911 after I was in an accident once.
Q1. I would love to work from home but not full time, maybe just a couple of days a week. Like others I would miss the social aspect of not going to the office and interacting with colleagues too much. On the days I was at home I guess my shower would wait until after a coffee and quick check of emails for anything urgent.
Q2. As a Londoner who has commuted to the city centre for more than 20 years I have always lived with the threat of terrorism whether it be Irish or Muslim. The problem as others have said is that companies and the government can only make things difficult for potential bombers. These attacks were on the public transport system which thousands of people use every day so is always going to be vulnerable to someone determined to wreak death and destruction. Commuters using these services have for many years taken some responsibility for informing staff about unattended bags/packages but in the case of one of the bombs on the tube system, it was in a backpack carried by a young man, not an unusal site at this time of year in London!
Q3. Different from my parents in that I have travelled a lot and experienced different places, people and cultures. This has made me very tolerant to the differences that exist between peoples. My parents have traditional views and tend to react to issues at a surface level rather looking more deeply. What I share with them though is their unconditional love for our family, something which I hope my own daughter will experience as she grows.
Q4. Here in UK it's 999 but the answer is NO. Maybe I have been lucky in life but despite the problems that exist here in the UK it is still probably one of the safest countries in the world to live.
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