Self-discovery through work
So I’ve been a truly working man for little over a month. I’m still trying to adjust, got so much to learn and catch up on. But after a month of work, I definitely discovered some equally interesting and somewhat useless facts.
I can drink far more coffee than I ever did, even when staying up at night studying for exams, and not get sick or feel any — ANY — effect. It’s not decaf, I checked. And I still get sleepy after lunch.
I am more efficient at work in the afternoon than in the morning. Some people move mountains before lunch, then relax during the afternoon. I only get into high gear after 3:30 in the afternoon. Then, before I know it, everyone gets ready to go home and it looks like I’m doing overtime, typing away in a frenzy. Don’t effin’ interfere with my productivity cycles.
Sitting all day in front of a computer, I’m starting to miss interacting with humans more often. Many times I won’t just go to a colleague two desks behind me to interrupt his/her work to ask a question, I’d send him or her an instant message. So impersonal, so annoying, so bare and stripped of non-verbal communication, such an easy path towards smiley abuse. :):):)
Days are useful only for scheduling meetings. My time is counted in weeks, divided into “work” and “week-end.”
My beard has a mind of its own. It grows in irregular patches, has different growth speeds, some days it’s smooth and coarse in others. Shaving once a day is too often, once every other day is not frequent enough. It’s freaking annoying.
I’m good and fast at ironing shirts. No, I won’t do yours. I’m not interested in your money either. Get a girlfriend, she’ll make you iron your shirts, she’ll spend your money, and you’ll be really happy about the whole situation, too.
I’m not paying attention at the people around me on the subway. So many of them, why would I show any interest. And just when I don’t pay attention, someone I know taps on my shoulder and says, “hey, what’s on your mind, I’ve been standing next to you for 10 minutes and you didn’t notice.” Dude, I ain’t using the subway to socialize, I just need to get from point A to point B like the other million people doing it every day. Get over it.
Bah.
July 7th, 2006 at 10:04 am
You say,
“…someone I know taps on my shoulder and says, “hey, what’s on your mind, I’ve been standing next to you for 10 minutes and you didn’t notice.” Dude, I ain’t using the subway to socialize, I just need to get from point A to point B like the other million people doing it every day. Get over it.”
After you have said,
“Sitting all day in front of a computer, I’m starting to miss interacting with humans more often.”
I’ll let you put these together.
Btw.. we miss you!
Eenie
July 7th, 2006 at 11:24 am
Ahem… Interacting face-to-face on a professional level. Most people you’d meet on the subway are NOT to be interacted with. Eeek!
And it’s tiring (and suspicious) to stare at people invading your personal space.
Hope I’ll catch you online this weekend.
September 14th, 2006 at 7:56 pm
I hope you are still in Bucharest, and I pity the fact that you need to use the subway. As for the girlfriend part, I wonder, I’ve always thought you are probably the nicest guy I have ever meet, but not even in such conditions would I ever imagine that you allow someone to allow you to iron your shirts ( A plus for such a long sentence)
I ain’t offering any money, but me and my cat offer an excellent, highly entertaining, deeply educating and enhancing experience if you’d be willing to iron MY shirts 
Oh, almost forgot, I don’t have any!
And btw, I miss you as well!