Well today was my first day back at work. Now I say "back" like I had taken annual leave and then returned to the same job but what I really mean is that I am back in the same company, but in a different department - and of course in a different city!
It was strange because the department I am working in now does a lot of work for the department I use to work in so I knew most of them by name. Seeing them was different, strange but good at the same time. Some of them looked how I had thought they did, but others were totally a shock.
So I met my boss - (who is HOT by the way) and he took me around and introduced me to everyone and then basically I got into it. It was pretty full on and because I knew the systems already it was all pretty straight forward. I was glad Mary was there with me, it's made the transistion a lot easier having a familiar face there!
So all in all my first day was highly productive. I wasn't expecting to do so much work but it felt good having to complete stuff on my first day. It was really busy which was good because nothing is as boring as having to sit through eight hours of listening to someone talk to you about stuff you already know!
So there I was, sitting at my new desk when suddenly it dawned on me - I was in a new department with new people who have no idea who I am. This was interesting to me because it meant that I could be whoever I wanted and that would be the person they would think I am. For instance I could have spoken in a funny accent or invented some crazy twitch and they wouldn't have had any idea that I was making it up. How funny would that be? I was thinking of doing a trial run with some random eye twitching but decided against it. It really isn't the kind of impression I wanted to make ... but it was a funny thought!
I guess it's true what they say, first impressions last and if I wanted to fit in at my new job, twitching or talking strangly was not going to go down well. So instead, I chose to just be myself and it wasn't so bad after all!
Stay tuned ...
2 comments:
be yourseeeelf...be yourseeeelf....be yourseeelf.....
i enjoyed this posting. keep blogging sally!
LOL!! Ate hannah baet me to it!! LOL!! That's so funny sweetie. That's right, be yourself! They'll know soon enough what a lovely sweet person you are. ;) Miss ya heeeeaaapppssss!!
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