The Philistine: A Periodical of Protest, Том 26

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Society of the Philistines, 1907

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Страница 130 - For nonconformity the world whips you with its displeasure. And therefore a man must know how to estimate a sour face.
Страница 83 - Humor is simply the sense of values. When we laugh at the ills of life we exorcise them. Smile and your troubles flee. There are three kinds of friends: Those who love you ; those who are indifferent to you ; and next friends, these being the people who want something that is yours.
Страница 72 - Do not argue with customers, nor contradict them. The man who endured everything from rude customers and got even by selling them a bill, may not have been actuated by the best motives, but his general policy was right.
Страница 73 - ... Never use letter paper or envelopes to figure on or for memoranda — it shows you do not realize that the first requisite in business is economy. The same rule applies to burning of lights that are not needed; whether there is a meter or a "flat rate" makes no difference— avoid waste AA jt There are valuable positions always opening up in any progressive concern.
Страница 72 - Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them, and power flows to the man who knows how.
Страница 74 - Conversation about things not connected with the business should not be indulged in on "company time.
Страница 73 - Never conceal unfinished work under blotters, in pigeonholes or drawers, depending on memory to find it. If necessary to leave unfinished work, it should be placed on the desk in sight, under a weight, so if you do not come back in the morning the other man will know just where things are and what to do.
Страница 130 - ... the sour faces of the multitude, like their sweet faces, have no deep cause, — disguise no god, but are put on and off as the wind blows, and a newspaper directs. Yet is the discontent of the multitude more formidable than that of the senate and the college.
Страница 129 - Printed Every Little While for the Society of the Philistines and Published by Them Monthly.
Страница 70 - Don't throw waste paper and refuse on the floor — baskets are provided for rubbish. Be very careful never to leave oily waste in rubbish baskets or on the floor — put such in metal cans and see that the cover is on. Spontaneous combustion is a common cause of fire A Never use the office telephone as a gossiping convenience A If your duties are to 'phone, say what is to be said quietly, intelligently and briefly. There are houses that are known by their courteous telephoning.

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