The new guy

[thunderlizard]

I take it you drink from the furry cup

It is normal for them to make the new guy do that. Best to bring in your own mug, that you can make sure has been rinsed out properly.

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tl

[gingerjedi]

Just buy a big box of Krispy Kreme during the first week, they'll treat you like a god from here on in.

[2BIT]

It is normal for them to make the new guy do that. Best to bring in your own mug, that you can make sure has been rinsed out properly.

hth
tl

that would be a great thing to tell grads on their first day, like the old 'sky-hook' or 'Tartan Paint' trick - tell them that for the first month they have to drink from the furry cup and that if they cant find it in the kitchen to go around the office asking if anyone has one....

reminds me of the trick played on me in my first week, guy asked me to make a coffee and while i did so removed the ball out of my mouse, when i cam back and couldn't get my cursor working he said 'oh looks like its broken, you'll have to get someone from IT' so i went humbly into the IT office and finally go hold of a techy - by the time we had got back to my desk to take a look my colleague had replaced said mouse ball so when I demo'd how my pc wasn't working i ended up looking like a right twot (well even more of a twot)

[2BIT]

How do you do that - I can't quite manage that one

well hope your arse doesn't hurt too much!

[Cliphead]

that would be a great thing to tell grads on their first day, like the old 'sky-hook' or 'Tartan Paint' trick - tell them that for the first month they have to drink from the furry cup and that if they cant find it in the kitchen to go around the office asking if anyone has one....

My first ever job one of the guys asked me to get him an Evening Citizen newspaper which hadn't been published for years. Having no change he gave me a fiver so I bought a fivers's worth of newspapers and magazines and struggled carrying them all (this was in the 70's).

Open plan office, coffee over keyboard moments all round.

[Scotgal]

I'm a bit of a misanthropist and it doesn't lend itself to gelling easily. I probably never properly integrated with my current place as I work from home a lot.

[MaryPoppins]

I'm a bit of a misanthropist and it doesn't lend itself to gelling easily. I probably never properly integrated with my current place as I work from home a lot.

I hear you on that one