Intern Architects in Hell

Il Pelicano | 2006-01-03

On the New Job

'How has your first week been at the office?'
'Truthfully? Quite lousy. I haven't started work on any real projects, but I still have a timesheet to account for. I don't have a network password, but I'm told my email inbox is over quota. When I showed up on Monday, the partners forgot they had hired me, and now the office administrator won't enroll me in the payroll system. I lsot my set of office keys, and set off the building alarm twice. The fax machine just spat toner at me, and I think I'm about to miss my bus.'
'Rough.'
'Still, it could have been worse. I could have extended my thesis.'

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