Workin' 9 to 4...
Guten Abend! Well, my first day at work wasn't so bad. Perhaps it was because they had nothing for me to do. That must be it. Well, my commute to work consists of a 50 minute long bus ride across town. You have no idea how short a 50 minute bus ride can feel like when you are terrified to start a new internship in a language you don't speak very well. I have never been so scared in my life about a job. Really. Try going to work with no pants on or something, and perhaps you'll know what I felt like this morning. (I did wear pants this morning, just to clarify.) But, in the end the whole day wasn't so bad. Well, I was supposed to be issued my laptop today but, that didn't get done. And, since I didn't have a laptop, I couldn't do any work. So, they gave me a work manual to read. And, I was able to stretch the time and read that thing for like 3 hours. It was either, read the manual for 3 hours or figure out how to make small talk in German with people I don't know. So, I went in the direction of the manual. So, this morning one of the employees took me around and introduced me to everyone. I didn't realize it at first but only one woman works in my entire department, and she's a secretary. Basically, this job is going to be just a little harder because I am working in a boy's club and I'm an intern and I am not a native german speaker. Great, eh? The one funny thing about today was on the bus ride home. Aparently an 80's Hair Band lost two of their members and they were riding on my bus on the way home. So, if any of you are listening to your collection of 80's Hair Band music and feel that there's something missing, it's probably these guys. Let me know and I'll send them your way.