Three weeks in, and I'm well installed at the new job. Get me! I have been issued with my own mug, with the E.E.R.I.E logo on it; I've perfected my voicemail message. I have colonised the shelves behind my desk.
And I've got my PHOTOS on the desk. Nothing like the old photos on the desk routine for breaking the ice is there.
Kurt's wombled over to check them out.
"Nice one. What's your dog's name?"
Oh that's Ned. Well, actually since we moved to the east coast here, he's become Glasgow Ned.
"... Heh heh he. Oh great.. a beancounter with a sense of humour!"
Used to...The joke's worn a bit thin the past couple of years mind you..
"And the kid?"
Oh that's The Cherub! Mind you THAT joke's getting funnier by the day..
"Heh heh. I hate to ask what you call his dad"
Oh.. well he's had his share of name calling in his time..
"Yeah?"
Yeah. And then he went and died. And that fairly put an end to the funnier ones.
"....?"
Sorry. I'm going to work on the timing on that one.
22 March 2010 at 21:04
Send a global email. Then they'll know the script. Congrats on having the official mug. Now you know you've made it in the world.
23 March 2010 at 08:55
Let him deal with it.
Serves him right for calling you a beancounter.
23 March 2010 at 11:12
I'm in love with Ned.
Sx
24 March 2010 at 05:45
Hahaha, you have to love Glasgow Ned. Unlike Glasgow NEDS. :)
24 March 2010 at 10:05
Your timing is perfect
Front up---tell the truth the way you want it to be known.
Glasgow Ned---ha----he knows that he owns you---a lovely boy
24 March 2010 at 10:06
Oh, I think you should have a NED mug---he is a star
24 March 2010 at 18:57
Mme Def - I'm sure the news has spread like wildfire around the office without any need for a global e-mail now...
Kaz - Exactly. I am a Senior Bean Counter. Respect is due.
Scarlet - Oh yes, those dark glowering looks, that endless energy.. and he does everything to say. What's not to like??
Ms Veg - Yeah - though both types like hanging around in parks and pissing up walls.
Clyde - Plan A is to train him as a draught excluder for next winter.
25 March 2010 at 09:16
Yeah, I must admit that's my least favourite part of a new job, the questions into your personal life.
Beancounter?! That's MS Beancounter to him!
Glad you're settling in.
25 March 2010 at 19:58
Roses - Indeedies, though it usually evens out once I start my own lines of enquiry..