Archive for July, 2008

Worker attitude affects work safety

Posted by Ricki Sharpe on July 30, 2008 
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Given the number of people that get sick after eating in a restaurant, you have to question the effectiveness of food safety practices. Now, the value of food safety training programmes has been called into question, according to recent research.

Noise, booze and your wallet?

Posted by Ricki Sharpe on July 28, 2008 
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What do noise, booze and your wallet have in common? The answer is volume. More noise makes you drink more, which in turn empties your wallet faster, according to recent research. A study of the effects of music levels on drinking in a bar setting has found that loud music leads to more drinking in less time.

The sway of irrational behaviour

Posted by Ricki Sharpe on July 7, 2008 
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Yes, it is yet another book on irrational thinking. There must be money to be made in explaining the science of our faulty thinking in an easy to understand manner. In a new book, Sway: The Irressistible Pull of Irrational Behaviour, the authors Ori and Rom Brafman outline a series of irrational behaviours that remind us just how often decisions are made not on sound reasoning but on emotional impulses that can have critical consequences.

Bumper stickers make blood boil

Posted by Ricki Sharpe on July 1, 2008 
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Drivers who personalise their cars with bumper stickers, custom plates and other such markings are likely to be more aggressive and confrontational out on the road, according to a report in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology. People use their rear bumper to mark their territory, in much the same way as a dog lifts his leg on your front garden.