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Scout campfire

Fri, 17 May 2013 01:01:04 MDT

Scout campfire

Updated May 17, 2013 01:01AM MDT

On Friday, May 10, I was camping with friends at Vernon Reservoir in southwestern Utah County. It was crowded with weekenders. I didn’t mind the crowd as much as I did the behavior of Boy Scouts from Herriman and Orem. On Saturday morning, each troop packed up and left, leaving their campfire aflame. We pulled the burning wood out of the two fires and doused the flames. As a former Scout, it grieves me to see this lack of leadership and mentoring of our young men. It takes courage to be a Scout...

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On the Job: Technology gives us new tools to be rude

Sat, 11 May 2013 01:01:07 MDT

On the Job: Technology gives us new tools to be rude

By anita bruzzese Gannett

Updated May 11, 2013 01:01AM MDT

Nearly everyone has a story about someone at work who has been rude. Perhaps it was the boss who sent a snippy email or the coworker who made snarky comments, but workplace civility often seems to have gone the way of the typewriter. The deeper issue with workplace rudeness is how it affects the bottom-line success of a business. A 2011 study found that workplace rudeness caused 48 percent of workers to deliberately slack off and even affected their interactions with customers. It also caused i...