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9 to 5 (The Office)

thestrangequark

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After 8 horrific months of unemployment I've got a job at last! (Victim of the shit economy, blah, blah...)

Please feel free to congratulate me.

Thank you, thank you.

In honor of my recent hiring (I start in two weeks), and of my recent birthday (Saturday), some of my friends bought me several bottles of wine, a few of which we enjoyed a la casa before hitting the town, drinking martinis, discussing whether it would be a bigger step for me to indulge first in lesbian sex or group sex, and planning to edit footage from Batman to Tim Minchin's "Dark Side." A nice little bottle of white remained unopened, however, and this evening I thought, "When's the next time I'll be able to randomly get drunk on a Wednesday night and post on the BBS whilst watching youtube videos of the Aussie game shows I got addicted to that summer I spent in Mumbai and the only channels in English were ABC and Discovery Australia?" So, I got drunk, have been watching clips of Good News Week and Never Mind the BUzzocks (yeah, I know that one;s British). I've finished nealy the entire bottle and thought, in my pleasently-dry-and-not-too-sweet-for-a-whiite-wine induced haze, that, as I've never worked a nine to fiver (I'm more you polymath, bohemian, starving artist, intellectual tupe, see), that I woyld need some advice. But that'd be boring, so instead, especially as people love talking about themselves, work related anecdotes would be fun.

So, IN preparation for my new job starting a week from Monday, and in mourning of the last Randomly Drunk On A Wednesday Night in my foreseeable future, blease, regale me with tales of hyour work:

PS It's amazing how I usually regretdrunkl BBS posting more than drunk sex...I guess I have higher standards for grammar than I do for a lay.

PSS My friend bought me Sherlock Holmes panties for my birthday. I think they sum up my psychosexual personality very well.

PSSS what was this thread about? Oh year. Jobs. Tell me about your jobs.
 
OOPs! Forgot that part! I'm going to be at a nice little Manhattan publishing firm. At least for a few years (still planning on going back to school for that neuroscience doctorate someday).
 
Awesome. Bring something with you when you go to work, so that you have something to do when your work becomes repetitive and boring. Books are a safe bet, but curious intellectual problems can be fun too. Learn to program computers in your spare time.

I work in hospitality, no more 9-5 zombie drudgery for me
 
Congratulations on the job!

tsq in employment; I knew there was a reason the Dow's been surging recently... :p :D
 
Just read this. Put it off because it sounded boring. But now.. CONGRATULATIONS!!

If you have a bad day just remind yourself you can regale with tales of your suffering :D
 
Very good news, tsq! As for things to bring to work - I've got a shelf of geeky toys (small Batman, Superman, Tick and Bullwinkle figurines) that gives my co-workers a quick way to 'categorize' me. Also, pics of my wife and son and doggies. I work in Informations Technology so that kind of thing isn't exactly rare. :)
 
Congratulations, TSQ! That's an awesome accomplishment at any time, but particularly in this kind of economy!

Mr Awe
 
Congrats! I know how stressful unemployment can be. Good for you.

BTW: How did the Lesbian Sex vs. Group Sex debate turn out?

Just curious.


;)


:p
 
^The consensus seemed to be that dabbling in girls would be less overwhelming than a threesome, but I think I'd still prefer two dudes to another chick.

Well, for a night of drunken posting it doesn't look as if I've done too much damage. Thanks for the congrats, everyone. I'm actually quite excited about this. The atmosphere at the publishing house is very comfortable, laid-back, and positive. Pay is not stellar but it's pretty good, benefits, paid vacay, and sick days. Commute is only 30 min, which is heaven compared to my 2 hour commute to the Bronx with my last job. Mostly I'm excited to buy some nice work clothes!
 
^The consensus seemed to be that dabbling in girls would be less overwhelming than a threesome, but I think I'd still prefer two dudes to another chick.
This is so weird. I would have thought that your position would have been the default one. Two (or more) women or one man? For me it's not even a question. Or maybe I'm just thinking with a (straight) man's brain.
 
If you've never worked 9-5 before, the hours can be a bit overwhelming at first. You get used to it.
 
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