And the winner of the BizJam contest is…

June 7th, 2007

…Martha Early of EarlyGirl Designs, purveyor these amazing jewels. Here’s her tale of workplace woe, which she promises me is true.

I was a junior attorney at a slimy personal injury firm. The paralegals won a radio contest about why they wanted to throw their boss (the head attorney — biggest cheese of all) out of a plane at 20,000 feet. The prize was a free skydive for the boss. He acted all brave on the radio but told me in private that he was terrified of heights and I had to go in his place — or else. On the morning of the skydive he faked a back injury and I went. While being broadcast on the radio to the whole city, I crash-landed and sprained my ankle. He didn’t care.

Oh, the irony: A Personal Injury Legal Peon sustains an injury trying to save the (Wimpy) Big Cheese of Ambulance-Chasing from his own bodily harm. Priceless! Thanks for sharing, Martha, and have fun at BizJam. And thanks to everyone else who sent in their job horror stories.

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