Tue 9 Sep 2008
First Days Are Awkward.
Posted by admin under Career, Things Not To Do, VisiBlog
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On the outside?
Calm.
Composed.
Demure.
I am Jackie O.
Totally Gwynnie P.
BUT (!)
On the inside?
If you can’t even turn ON the computer without the password within the training manual you fully intended to bring with you on The First Day but totally forgot to because you were so excited that you rushed out the door and due to sheepishness opted for black pants instead of the skirty illustrations of giddiness pictured in the post down under?
The above graphic pretty much describes the synapses firing.
What if they come in and I haven’t even turned on the computer yet?!
Thank the Lord The Mister answered the phone sleepily and relayed all mandatory info.
Post spontaneous combustion? All was golden.
Whew, what a nightmare, but it will be a wonderful story to recount time and time again.
Situations like that are precisely why I want to make a cardboard cutout of myself, sitting at my desk, looking deep in thought (total hand-on-chin). Cause sometimes you HAVE to get out to avoid embarassment… and besides noone will bother you if you look perplexed.