Sentences with phrase «working the door for»

A guy who I think I recognized from Wendy's commercials from the late 90s was working the door for some reason and said, «Are you on the list?»

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Now I come in to my office, close my door, and I get into a work zone for six wonderfully uninterrupted hours.

If you work from home and have family constantly barging into your office, you could instate a similar rule, even with a good old fashioned door hanger, like the kind you leave for hotel housekeeping.

One Walmart supervisor was shown the door in 2011 for «off - the - clock work,» which isn't allowed at the superstore chain.

As traffic at Nike's key wholesale partners continues to slow (hundreds of department stores and specialty sports retailers are closing their doors, resulting in less square footage for Nike products), it is working to boost its direct - to - consumer channels.

I started going door to door in 1995 to sell subscriptions to a magazine and call - in service, in which people would submit reviews of the work someone had done for them.

I appreciate the recognition of my hard work and the exposure has certainly opened doors for Digium.

«What's interesting about LeadCrunch is that it's based on what already works, not assumptions or gut feelings about the future, yet it still has the power to open the door for unexpected wins in totally new markets,» says Kelly Kuhn - Wallace, a Minneapolis - based marketing consultant focused on seed - stage startups.

What's more, his polarizing lack of political correctness can also work against him among women and minority businesspeople, leaving the door open to his rival Clinton, whose small business platform and reputation for getting the job done may very well win over undecided voters.

It's slower than using a cable, which can be frustrating if you need a lot of juice before running out the door, but is perfect for leaving on your work desk or nightstand.

Being able to say you are not comfortable with a certain task, time frame, order, or suggestion opens the door for dialogue and shows people that you are open to talk but not willing to sacrifice the integrity of your own work or the performance of your company for the sake of niceness.

«Writing pieces for free / trade got my foot in the door and gave me a great working portfolio,» says Laura Viviana, copywriter, «which helped land my first agency gig.»

However, when shopping for these door frame pull - up bars, pay special attention to the dimensions of the bar and what size frames they work on to ensure you can get a proper fit.

The Multi-Gym Pro adjusts for height and works with door frames that are up to 6 inches deep and 33 inches wide.

«We've got fantastic retention and we have an amazing place to work and we all share the same values... We've rejected people who would have been fantastic for business and bring one or two million in through the door but — excuse my French — are just assholes.

«Wherever you situation your office, make sure it has a door — standard, pocket, sliding, bifold, French or barn style — for times when you need to talk privately on the phone or work without interruption.»

«Technology professionals look for employers that create value and do good things in the world beyond their doors,» noted Kim Peters, executive vice president at Great Place to Work, in an interview with Fortune.

With a knack for math and a drive for making money, Smith went door to door in his hometown of Aurora, Ont., asking businesses to let him work for free.

The adversaryism was drying up as well: Rather than working on only one machine, for instance, shop - floor employees moved from one to another to help jobs get out the door more quickly.

Simply put, a digital rights fee covers the opportunity cost of having you walk out of their doors without charging you for print work.

The bold thinkers at the core of these companies are able to work as they see fit — they can stand for phone calls, sprawl out on a couch to decompress, hold meetings outside or close all the doors for focused work when they're really motivated by a new idea.

They worked with a local television station and produced a straightforward ad in which a female customer gets help from a sales rep.. Other student projects included a redesign for the company's mirror door packaging, an analysis of competitors» websites, and a study of possible locations for a new store in Phoenix.

Of course, young people are due a certain amount of sympathy for the perennial difficulties involved in getting one's foot in the door of the job market — it's always been hard work finding that first full - time position.

A good board leaves its own desires and its selfish concerns at the door and works together to reach the best decisions for the company rather than pushing or promoting choices that serve other outside interests -; including, sometimes, a board member's own investment objectives.

I know, Amazon is the «in thing» for buying paper products, pet food, etc but my husband works next door to Walmart & I make the 8 mile trip to our grocery / dollar stores twice a month to stock up on sale items & I constantly use coupons / store loyalty cards.

The time to reveal your plummeting bank balance to your better half isn't the moment they walk in the door from a terrible day at work or right as they're about to peacefully drift off for the night.

Open Door Labs, Inc., an online marketplace for home sellers, raised $ 210 million last fall, and LendingHome Corp, an online lender catering to house flippers, is working to close a $ 100 million funding round, The Wall Street Journal previously reported.

That's really cool that your grandfather worked door to door for JNJ.

«I have the experience to work remotely since I had been doing so for many years before, but then the company I was working for closed the door to me.

While I spent a considerable amount of time knocking on doors for candidates in Edmonton, I was also working with a group of MLAs, lawyers and former PC cabinet ministers on what would have been the plan to transition the Liberals into government if the party had won that election ten years ago today.

In January 2016, for example, I was working on a search and there was almost a lineup out the door of some really big - name people.

Something as simple as asking for time off can open the doors to communication about flexible work programs.

While developing the event production company, Raja was working as an independent contractor, knocking on doors, finding contracts for a landscaping company and keeping a 30 % cut for his efforts.

Fast forward about 5 hours later, I wrap up work for the day, grab my stuff, walk down the stairs, and exit the doors to the street.

It works for me — but then I am simple and common and not a deep thinker, so it is easy for me to lift open the trap door and rejoin the rat race.

hmmm, I was in the Navy for 6 years, I am the only income for a family of four, work full time, have done everything from tending bar to selling door to door, I am also a graduate student who is just finishing up.

I think I would have a hard time working for Irving or someone who thinks that I must check my individual thought at the door out of respect for a paycheck.

Actress Kerry Washington has been at the forefront of calling for more diversity — and her work on Scandal is credited with opening doors for more black actors challenging stereotypes on TV.

So, David heads for the door, to go to work.

«But if this thing be true, and the tokens of v.irginity be not found for the damsel: Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the wh.ore in her father's house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.»

You kissed me against the washing machine and I bit your bottom lip and you threatened to shut that laundry room door and then you were gone, back to work, and it's time for school.

Pray for God to open doors to careers you can be passionate about, while also strengthening you to do the work you're in right now.

I've discovered men and women around the world who love, people who throw open doors, who work for justice, who plant gardens in exile.

Only recently has God opened some doors of opportunity and provided me any level of income for my work.

For the next few months, I teetered back and forth between the belief that we could somehow repair the damage and make our relationship work and the urge to bolt out the door and never look back.

When we speak of the self - subsistent finitude of the secular myth we mean something very different from that working hypothesis which, since it is no more than a hypothesis, does at least theoretically leave open the door for the idea of transcendence.

New York City has worked out what may well be a model arrangement with an ecumenical network of 110 churches and synagogues (collectively known as the Partnership for the Homeless) which either open their own doors or provide volunteers, resources and guest referrals.

In a statement the church said: «The atmosphere was transparent, heartfelt, and very positive, and there was a palpable resolve that this incident would not affect the community focused work, the open arms and open doors policy the church has for the community and the family fellowship that exists in the church.»

But if on the contrary Man sees a new door opening above him, a new stage for his development; if each of us can believe that he is working so that the Universe may be raised, in him and through him, to a higher level — then a new spring of energy will well forth in the heart of Earth's workers.

«It works because blockading the doors buys time for sidewalk counselors to talk to would - be clients approaching the clinic, and offer alternatives which can turn mother and child away from an abortion.