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September 22, 2005

Office Joy

There was a brief moment yesterday when my paycheck arrived that I thought, 'Ok, I can do this, I can work here. I'll just work harder and focus, because, really, this is fine. Oh, and health insurance.'

But no. I have to get out of here. I really need to start looking for something else.

The window in my hamster cage faces the courtyard where, at least once a week, there is a picnic/ pizza/ buffet thing to which I am never invited. I mean, I think these people are my co-workers, but frankly, I'm not sure, because I don't really know who my coworkers are. I've never been introduced. In four months. So there was one of those charming little events out my window at noon. It's almost three now, and it's happening again. Someone's birthday is today. I gathered that from the singing. I'm just about shoulder level with the action, about two feet and a glass pane away. People have actually leaned back on my window while talking to their phones or each other, the way people sometimes lean on parked cars. Yeah. So annoying. So bizarre. So awkward.

Posted by hissycat at September 22, 2005 02:45 PM

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I used to work at a place where a guy had an actual hamster cage on his desk. Later he had a fish. Now I work in a cube, and there's a conference room we call a fish bowl.

My roommate in college was far more social than I was. Right after moving in, he went around the whole floor with a bag of Doritos, offering them with an introduction.

So, my only suggestion is food. The times I've been most popular at work have been when I had an open bag of candy at my desk. Fruit runts and M&M's work well.

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