New job

Well work wasn't all that bad...I was right though - bored by lunch. Although that's only because they won't let me learn a bunch of stuff until I go through orientation next week. I'll never understand that....like I'm incapable of learning new things until I'm explained the benefits package and given a tetanus shot. So my job yesterday consisted of a tour then refiling medical charts. All day. But I can't really complain...there's people to talk to and I'm not wearing work boots and protective glasses.


When I got to work in the morning, the instructions that were given to me by HR were to go to the front desk and ask for my supervisor, Onnie at 8 am. So I did. The lady looks at me and is like "Onnie doesn't get here until 9.....is there something I can help you with?" So I go "well, I'm supposed to start working today, and my instructions were to ask for her, that's all I know." So she sends me to the reception area and says someone will be with me shortly. About 5 minutes later, this guy about 50 with a hawaiian shirt on comes out and says "Hi I'm George.....can I help you?" so I tell him that all I know is that I was supposed to ask for Onnie when I got there. He's like "oh, so you're interviewing?" No George, I've already been hired. So he says he's going to get someone else and to just sit tight. Then as he's walking away, he goes "welcome aboard!" So I sit there for about 5 more minutes before this nice girl named Jennie comes to talk to me. Apparently Onnie FORGOT that I was starting work today and as such didn't show up early. So Jennie takes me back into the office and takes a copy of my drivers license and social security card before pawning me off on some other lady to give me a tour. So this lady, who seems nice enough but is rather annoyed that she has to show me around, gives me a tour that pretty much went like this "This is the records room with all the charts....those are the computers we record the charts on, there's more charts back here in this room, and that's about it." So then they take me back to Onnie's office and tell me to just sit there until she shows up. So I sit there for about 10 minutes while all these people mill about behind me asking questions like "who's that guy" and "shouldn't we give him a tour or have someone show him the ropes?" Like I can't hear them. it was pretty amusing.

I ended up getting shown to the break room by this girl named Stephanie. She's pretty cool, and became my "best friend" at the office by default. Her and this girl Heather who was on break at the same time as us. These girls are insane. They just start hurling insults at each other and giggling uncontrollably. And apparently they're like best friends. Sadly, I actually got hired because Stephanie is quitting, so I assume Heather's insult binges are going to be hurled my way in the future.

A few quick hits, then I'm off to my "dentist appointment"

* If you get a chance, watch Nanny 911 next Monday. You might be asking, "why in the hell would I do that?" Well, for this conversation of course:

Crying kid: Give me my toys back!
Dad at the end of his rope: Give me my life back!

* Rachel made me watch a movie called Savannah Smiles last night. Cute movie made in 1982 about a rich kid who is neglected by her parents and runs away only to be found by two escaped convicts. We decided to look up what happened to the girl who played Savannah. Rachel's first comment was "I'll bet she ended up in porn." Rachel was close...she ended up overdosing on heroin at the age of 22.

* I talked to my dad last night....told him I was going to feel bad if I was offered the job at OSU and had to quit at the Clinic after they followed up with me and actually called me when a job came available. He said "don't think for a second that if they had to downsize that they'd keep you just cause you're nice. They're gonna do what's in their best interest, so there's no reason you shouldn't do the same." That's why we have parents....to help make tough decisions seem easier.

*I'm listening to a Michael Jackson song, and he just referred to a girl as a "tenderoni." Is that a compliment?

*I decided that if Carrie Underwood wins American Idol and comes out with an album, we're definitely going to buy it.

*Only took maintenance two weeks to fix the hole in our roof. Nice job guys.

That's all I got. Remember that if you find a penny, pick it up and all the day you'll have good luck. Or a sore back. Peace, and I'm out.