Working on the Chain Gang

After dealing with the corporate machine before starting work I can definitively say that corporate bureaucracy sucks. The time between when my work told me that they were making an offer and the time I started work (yesterday) was almost one full month, and that was as fast as the company could do things. Quoth the Charlie¹, "AAAARRRRRGGGHHHH!"

So anyway, I've been doing actual work for the man this week, and it's been pretty fun (or as fun as working for the man can be). Here are the highlights of day 1:
- Going into the restroom and seeing that they label the little soap dispensers "Hand Soap" (My thought "Well thanks for that, I thought it was Peppermint Scope. You saved me a mouth full of suds")
- The Orientation Lady² making a huge deal about ergonomics, like I'm going to be typing so much that I'm going to get carpal-tunnel.
- Being given three books on the history of the company. (THREE! Not 1, but 3!)
- And the real highlight, I get an office and not a cube! Sweet!

Highlights from Day 2:
- Being dumped with three projects that "Should only take a couple hours" (Yeah, right... my favorite "Teach us about Antitrust and Patents"... "Um, OK, luckily I did my final research paper in law school on that... oh wait, I'm still in law school!")
- Perusing the employee store where I can buy the company's products at below cost. (Sweet! Cheap crap!)

Good times.

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¹Brown, that is.
²Hand to God, that's her actual title.