Technically Speaking

So I’ve been at my new job for the better part of a week, and I have to say I love it. I think it is going to be a great fit for me and for the company. There is a lot of work to do, and it is keeping me busy trying to figure it all out, but its a fun challenge.

If there was one thing I could change, it would be the light intensity in my office. I’ve been suffering from headaches since I started working here. There is no light that sheds light directly into my cubicle, and the lights in our area of the office are only 1/3 on.

See, each light has three separate fluorescent bulbs, Each light in each section is controlled by a separate switch on the wall. So one light switch turns on one bulb in every light in our section of the office. Some of my cubical neighbors insist on only turning on one switch and leaving two switches off. I tried turning on all the lights today, and that lasted for about 5 minutes until somebody went and turned the other two back off.

Oh well. I’m the new guy, right?

I asked my manager about getting a light for my desk, and another employee heard and brought over “the lamp.” Now “the lamp” apparently was abandoned in an old office that my company moved into, and has stayed in the company ever since. Its more of a desk decoration than an actual light. There is no light bulb, and my manager suggested that I not try plugging it in. The lamp apparently moves from new employee to new employee. I have to keep it until I can find some other new guy to give it to. Too bad it doesn’t actually give light.

I’ll adjust. Or I’ll go buy a lamp. In any case, I’m having a good time. It’s a good company
and good people. I think I’ll be very happy here. Even if it is dark.

Now where is my desk?

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