Monday, October 20, 2008

mY fiRsT dAy

warning: long post ahead. might cause cranial damage. ignore if easily irritable.

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it could have been worse.

my first day in the office I mean.

atleast that's what I was thinking at 7:30 in the friggin morning when the security officer said i couldn't enter the building coz my name wasn't in the system. ok calm down. lets not panic. my roomie tells me i'll prob not be able to start for another 2 weeks [ ok start panicking... i need to get paid !! i'm broke !! ]. so i just called all the I____ ppl i knew.. and managed to get someone to claim me in just 55 minutes [ obv. ppl don't come in till 8:30 ].
ok i'm in now. i sit for the orientation.
cool. things are moving along now.

ok now i gotta get a picture ID taken and get 'THE BADGE'. darn it. my name is not in the system again. i have to go to another campus tomoro and pray for the best.
and then he very politely tells me since i'm technically still a visitor. i can't roam around on my own and need to be 'escorted' around. i'm looking at him blankly. i don't understand what he's saying. where will he escort me? i have NOWHERE to go after this. and when i explain this to him , he just smiles, nods his head and before you can say 'yankee doodle' i've been escorted out of the building. and he's been smiling and nodding his head at me all the way, too.

whoa
i wake up from the daze i was in. what the heck am I doing in the parking lot?

ok
ok lets not panic.
start calling potential ppl who can drop you.

"I'm sick I didn't come into the office today. mebe u can take a bus" [ wat bus?? ]
"I'm not in the office. I'm in the bank for another 2 hours. wait will ask my friends if someone can drop you." [ unfortunately he promptly forgot me after that ]
"I'm with the person above in the bank. why don't u try M____ or take the I___ shuttle to the railway station." [ and then what Einstein?? ]
"I'm ill didn't come to office today. take some cab numbers" [ strike 2 and unfortunately i promptly forgot the numbers after that call. ]
"I'm in a dundgeon meeting. can't leave for another 3 hours." [ OK ]

gud lord! thats all the people i knew. the probability of this happening was wat?? 4%??

so i'm talking to this friend of mine in Arbor, [ hey K_____ , how u doing? :) ]
and he advises me to camp out at the nearest starbucks. ok. i look around.
ofcourse wats next to an I___ campus ?? a bloody airport !! a small airfield actually. the circumference makes up half of the 5 mile trek back home. damn u starbucks.
so i start walking. hey, i'm tough. i'm not some whiny ass, who can't trek 5 miles in girlie sandals. [ though i suspect the last 2 miles will be barefoot and me drunkenly weaving around on the sidewalk. ugh, thats not a pretty picture... ]

another friend listens to me bitchin and moanin and says he has only one thing to say
"congrats on getting your job !" and he's lauging his ass off. [ B**** ]

ok so i'm walking and half way through i think, it could have been worse. it could be raining.
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uh gr8. i had to open my big mouth. it started raining. darn it

ofcourse all this while the uppermost thought in my head isn't how do i get out of this mess , but man this is fantastic! this is awesome material for my blog. i can't wait to get this down !!! [ :-/ WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH ME??? am i brain dead?? was i dropped on my head as a kid?? its raining and f***ing cold and i still have 3 miles to go.... ]

hey, mebe i can call a cab. friend num 2/3/4?? gave me cab numbers and i got them here somewhere...
ok here we go

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uh oh
uh oh..
no
no
NO
damn the battery is just about de--------------

5 comments:

  1. you cant imagine how many times i refreshed this page to look around for the details of your expedition.

    So now what after the sad demise of the phone battery? I'm still eager to read more. After all at 1830PST you were busy reading u-know-what, so I would like to know the short remainder of the story ;)

    BTW, I never said "congrats on getting your job !" I just said "Congrats!, you still have a job." ;-)

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  2. yeah yeah watever. atleast i got that much right!

    thats the end of the story. the rest is up to your imagination.

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  3. o u so inspire me to write blogs.
    think its a great way to take out ur frustration on days like these.
    in other words, its eternal optimism too, that makes u think abt writing in teh middle of all the shit.

    lets see when i start, but till then u keep goin gal.
    cheers!

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  4. no dude seriously I mean it.

    You can't imagine the relief I got once you told me the last part.

    Somethings are better not subjected to imagination :P

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  5. Sorry to hear that- But that was HILARIOUS! :-D.... If it's any consolation, it's better to get done with all the bad luck on the first day and I guess things can't get any worse than this! (If it does, I am sure you'll write about it ;-))

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