Baseball

“I wrote 63 songs this year. They’re all about Jeter.” Just kidding. The game we love, the players we hate, and more.

Culture and Criticism

From Norman Mailer to Wendy Pepper — everything on film, TV, books, music, and snacks (shut up, raisins), plus the Girls’ Bike Club.

Donors Choose and Contests

Helping public schools, winning prizes, sending a crazy lady in a tomato costume out in public.

Stories, True and Otherwise

Monologues, travelogues, fiction, and fart humor. And hens. Don’t forget the hens.

The Vine

The Tomato Nation advice column addresses your questions on etiquette, grammar, romance, and pet misbehavior. Ask The Readers about books or fashion today!

Home » Archive by Tags

Articles tagged with: workplace

The Vine: February 25, 2009
February 25, 2009 – 2:02 PM | 43 Comments

Hi Sarah,
I do PR for a living (and with that comes a lot of writing and editing) and recently came across a dilemma.
When you are saying that someone “authored an article” (as opposed to “wrote …

The Vine: February 18, 2009
February 18, 2009 – 7:25 PM | 106 Comments

Hi Sars,
This is somewhere between a language and a societal question, so I figure you’re the perfect person to answer it.
What’s up with straight women referring to their female friends as “girlfriend”?This is hardly a …

The Vine: February 4, 2009
February 4, 2009 – 3:55 PM | 41 Comments

Dear Sars,
So. I’m 41, and I haven’t had sex for eleven years. For most of that time it wasn’t for lack of trying — I just couldn’t seem to make it past a first date …

The Vine: January 28, 2009
January 28, 2009 – 4:08 PM | 51 Comments

I hope Agent Weiss is reading today — it’s her birthday.   Have a good one, lady (don’t deface any forts with nail polish unless you call me first).
*****

Hi, Sars,
This past summer, I got laid …

The Vine: January 21, 2009
January 21, 2009 – 5:05 PM | 65 Comments

Dear Sars,
I am looking for tips on how to become tougher. I’ve always found it hard to reconcile myself with the idea that some people don’t like me, or disapprove of some things I do, …

The Vine: January 7, 2009
January 7, 2009 – 7:07 PM | 50 Comments

Hello Sars,
I write about the lovely Robert, who is not actually our landlord, but the legal caretaker for our absentee landlord’s buildings and tenants (absentee landlord lives in Europe).I lived with three wonderful roommates in …

The Vine: December 19, 2008
December 19, 2008 – 12:12 PM | 23 Comments

Hi Sars,
I’m hoping you and your readers will be able help me and my colleagues out. A treasured co-worker is leaving us to return home after working here in America for the last three years. …

The Vine: December 3, 2008
December 3, 2008 – 5:31 PM | 21 Comments

Apologies for the brevity/tardiness of today’s Vine; lots going on behind the scenes here at TN HQ today.Stay tuned…
Hi Sars,
This is probably more an etiquette question than anything else.When, if ever, should you tell your …

The Vine: Turkember 26, 2008
November 26, 2008 – 3:20 PM | 138 Comments
The Vine: Turkember 26, 2008

Hey Sarah,
Here’s a doozy for you.
I am the unofficial lead secretary in a smallish office — unofficial because I’m on the same level as the other secretaries, it’s just that I’m the only one who …

The Vine: November 12, 2008
November 12, 2008 – 12:24 PM | 32 Comments

Hi Sars,
Given your experience in both the blogging and publishing worlds, I’m hoping you can help me out with some questions about the relationship (or lack thereof?) between the two.
I am a writer who, since …