THE FLOOR slowly empties of people, the tap tapping growing softer as the day wears on.
"Burning the midnight oil on your first day?" Dawn, who I found to be an absolutely wonderful person, says stopping by my cubical. The high-top bun she started the day with has a few flyaway hairs, but her eyes are bright. I want to be her one day.
She stopped in today on occasion, making sure I didn't find the training videos too boring.
I did, because they were horrible, but I kept that secret on lockdown. It's a golden rule that training videos in a new job have to be the worst things you ever witness in life. I still have nightmares of what they made me watch when I spent the summer working at a hardware store. The small chain was locally owned, and the videos were home produced.
"Yeah, I'll be leaving as soon as I finish this last video. Have a good night."