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today the glitterbomber is... |
2002-11-11 today, i had to go to the evil empire's new employee orientation. i have decided that "orientation" is, in this context, a synonym for "mind crushing boredom." most of the day was spent filling out forms that i already filled out two weeks ago and going over things that i went over two weeks ago. there was also the requisite propaganda. ("work for us because we're so great!" yeah, more like "work for us because you haven't much other choice since we control almost all of the health care in western pennsylvania.") i even got to watch a customer service video that i saw four years ago during an orientation at another heath care facility. (it's called "it's a dog's life." has anyone else seen it??) but i had to go, so i spent the day with a glazed look on my face, guzzling the free orange juice and bottled water they gave us. too bad i wasn't especially hungry, 'cause there were snackies, too. i went to canada over the weekend, and i came back to a lot of messages from my sister on my answering machine. it's funny to listen to a series of messages that the same person has left over a period of time. they start out something like "hey, call me when you get in" and progress to "where the hell are you?" the last message from sis was "courtney!" sort of growled into the phone. i guess it was better than the one she left on my voice mail at work where she called me a "booger woofer." i just happened to listen to it on speakerphone when some workmen were outside of my office. um, so what was the point of that story? probably that it's time to end this entry. *** quotes of the day: "they have all that goofy hippie crap." -guy on the street telling his mom what items can be found in a store that sells, um, a lot of grateful dead paraphenalia and related items "a lot of times, people don't want to be sick." -presenter at orientation *** np: fluke "bullet (atlas space odyssey mix)" |
