My friends, you know how long I have yearned for gainful employment. But while I am glad to have it, I must confess that, on this my first day, there were a few distressing factors.
For one thing, my Father has yet to fix the third vehicle for my usage. As it yet remains in the garage, in its current disrepair, I am obliged to walk a pilgrimage to the bus stop in shivering northern air--indeed, the kind that makes the teeth chatter and the hands freeze motionless like stone. Then I must wait for the bloody bus, which in this area, moves slower than the GoodYear Blimp, and then sit within it, crushed amongst human cargo, as it crawls its way into the city, through devilish traffic. Then of course I must come off the bus, in the howling wind, and transfer to another, tolerating much the same misery above described.
Once I arrived to work this morning, I was, of course, made to fill out paperwork for taxes and so on, and then I was barricaded inside a room where I was obliged to read some of the company policies. By the time I finished it was well past lucn time. I read amidst the noise and chatter of workers, some of whom acknowledged my presence tucked away in a dark corner, and others who simply ignored it. One lady made conversation with me, but could not get over the fact that I was hired and not a coop student. I looked young, she exclaimed, with a shocked look that seemed to question what use such a child as I could possibly be in this company. I simply smiled politely and returned to my reading.
At last I was lead away on a tour of the lab and facilities, and then left in front of a computer for three more hours of learning, at the end of which was a test. I did not eat all this time. Oh, eventually, I was told to but decided not to bother; I simply wanted to finish the introductory duties before I bored myself to sleep. And by the time the 50 question test came round, I was quite nearly passing out in my chair.
Finally, after all that (I passed with 94%), I was given another tour and then handed over to the ladies who would be training me. For the next two hours, one hour past the time I was to leave, I struggled to learn all the various procedures--struggled but retained absolutely nothing. I hope they do not intend to leave me by myself tomorrow, for if they do, the office is sure to fall to disrepair. I shall certainly require more time, and in all fairness to my new co-workers, I am sure I will get it.
This knowledge, however, did not soften the reality of returning into the cold and wind for the journey home. And now I sit at my desk, bone weary, and almost wishing I could sleep in tomorrow.
Almost...but not quite :)
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