Germy Germy Play-Dough and Cubicles

So I had my first day at Convergys yesterday. HR spent about two hours telling us the many many reasons we could be fired. Then they informed us that we would really not have time off. Then our trainer started on the dress code.

Now I like to dress up most of the time. Jeans, tshirt and sneakers are really not my favorite things. Still, when I took the job they said that was fine. I still wore a nice outfit yesterday (first day!) Anyway, the dress code is changing, we all have to wear business casual which I am fine with....except it's no cleavage. Holy crap. Though I am not the biggest boobed babe out there, I am well endowed and its HARD not to show any cleavage! I went home and looked in my closet. Yeah, not going to be easy. I can swathe myself in scarves or buy some more turtlenecks... The reason I took this job is because I am in srrious debt. I can't go "oh, I'm in debt but I will get a whole new wardrobe that will make me look positively flat chested!" and even if I could I don't think I would want too.

Anyway, thats just a small thing. My training class is pretty large, 27 others. There are the normal people you find in a group in the south, several people who have done this kind of work before, several bratty college students who think they know it all, the older ladies that hate computers but can't work anywhere else, the dudes that dropped out of college because its more than drinking beer...Only one of them really annoyed me and I will just sit far far away from him. There are a couple of really nice girls my age, and a really really tall dude that sat beside me and whispered equally sarcastic replies to my sarcastic comments. Hurrah! We have to sit by someone different today, but I am enjoying meeting some new people.

One thing that really cracked me up, they had play-dough and slinkies sitting all over the tables, our trainer (Judy) said to play with it to keep our hands busy "and our minds awake" hahahaha they are trying so hard to be all cutting edge and modern, it cracked me up. We went on a tour of the building, saw our cubicles where we will be on the floor etc.

I hate cubicles. I hated being inside when the sun set, when the afternoon was the most beautiful. I went out on the smokers deck on our second break, and that was ok, but it was already dark.

Anyway, this is a means to an end. I can do this, and I can do it well, while learning skills that I can draw on in front of a classroom.

I seem to be going for quantity here...more later.
yours,
Hana