Employment errors... as described by Gina deLapa in the National Business Employment Weekly (October 11, 1998):

  -- An executive assistant demanded that her break be extended from 15 to 17 minutes to accommodate the walk between her cubicle and the break room.

  -- An employee sent Christmas cards stamped with the office postage meter to the managing partners.

  -- A job candidate contended "If anything happens to me, you'll just have to feel guilty"  when told he wouldn't get benefits until the 30th day of employment.

  -- A salesman submitted an expense report for the seven miles he drove to attend the Christmas party at a local restaurant.

 -- A customer service representative asked for  two pairs of scissors:  "one for work and one for home".

  -- A student applying for a copywriting position at a marketing consulting firm submitted a term paper titled "The Evils of Making a Profit" as his writing sample