Most of us have been to the beach and have witnessed the behavior of seagulls. You can imagine how funny it was to me when a co-worker referred to corporate visitors as such. When I asked why, he said, “They swoop in, make a lot of noise, eat all your food, and leave a mess.”
That reminded me of when I worked as a quality control technician in a food plant. I was in charge of clean garbage cans for visitor tours, and through an elaborate series of pages I was notified where to