Is the Glass is Half Full? Or Half Empty?
Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 by Frank Roche
I saw The Pessimist’s Mug on Awesome today. Great stuff. Here’s the sales pitch:
In these irrationally exuberant times, it’s getting harder and harder for the self-respecting pessimist to stay unhappy. So pervasive is the hope, so overwhelming the positivity, that without the firmest grip on your sullen perspective, you might actually lose it. Then one day, you wake up looking at the bright side, whistling some inane showtune, and generally annoying everyone around you.
Fortunately, we’ve created a solution. Despair, Inc. is proud to introduce The Pessimist’s Mug‚Ñ¢ Specifically engineered by the chronically cynical pessimists of Despair Laboratories‚Ñ¢, this crystal-clear mug will help all who drink from it to Stay Grounded‚Ñ¢ by forever reminding them to see when the glass is half-empty.
Hey, here’s an idea. Let’s dump all those HR motivation programs. Or else let’s work on keeping the glass more than half full. That would be a start.
