Notes to self

*need*-based supply ordering is not the same as *desperately need*-based supply ordering.

I wish they'd told me this before today. Or at least approved supply orders beforehand or something. *muttergrumble* Now I get to call our rep and say, "Uhm, hey, we didn't open these, can you take it back?"

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Aaaaaand in other news.... quill pens and blown glass pens are oodles of fun to play with. :)

Notes

Office Culture:
- Business Casual-bordering-on-professional dress
- Remarkably professional, to the point I just feel silly 'round here with my penchant for actually, y'know, enjoying my day. [Please smile, I promise it doesn't hurt...]
- Everyone has A. Job. and must not stray from it - this includes taking the initative ordering office supplies, I have found - just because I found the brand and felt we needed it, or saw a need for it, doesn't mean I should have ordered it. (Uhm, hello, we had one hole punch that could handle MAYBE 3 sheets, so I ordered a larger one that worked better. Why is this so damn bad? It was cheap, too - same price as the craptacular one!) Which means today I get to play the returns game. I hate that game.
- Phones - boring, blah, and they don't work for beans. It shouldn't be so damn hard to transfer a call, and yet... it is. o.o; I fail more often than I succeed at this. Aargh! I officially loath VoIP phone systems.
- Pace - it's supposed to be 'busybusybusy'. It's not. At all. Ever. [Shoot me?]
- Hours - most folks work 8-??? and clock insane amounts of overtime, I've noticed. I probably won't last, being a bit of a clock-watcher [there's no point in paying me a minute longer than you have to when I'm not doing anything, folks...], but I'm also a temp, so my hourly rate has about $10 added to it for them. They're probably glad I've had to vanish for appointments recently. Saves 'em money.
- Budget. We are on the most bizarre, high-end budget. I don't get it. Really. o.o; We must have nice! But it can't cost anything! [Then you won't get anything, folks!]


A great deal of ups to this place, and a handful of aggravating downs. We'll see.

Interesting quote.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: "It has been said that man is the only animal who laughs, the only one who weeps, the only one who prays, the only one who walks fully erect, the only one who makes fires, the only one who can invent, the only one with a written language, the only one who is proud, the only one who can make progress, the only one who guides his own destiny, the only one who is penitent, and the only one who needs to be." -- DAVID ELTON TRUEBLOOD