The Working World

This week I'm working as a temporary receptionist for the company my dad works for. It's not too bad other than the fact that I have to get up at 5:30am and this makes the days extremely long and boring because there is often large amounts of time between phone calls. Usually I end up reading for a while and then feeling slightly guilty because I think that I probably look extremely unprofessional sitting there reading Eat, Pray, Love because I'm waiting for the phone to ring. Speaking of Eat, Pray, Love I have to say that my favourite quote thus far is "having a baby is like getting a tattoo on your face. You have to be really sure it's what you want." I've never heard an analogy about having children put quite that way before.  


However, it's really sad when the most exciting part of your day is when the mail arrives simply because then you actually have something to do. Even if that something is sorting mail, and simply using a letter opener to open mail before stamping invoices and cheques. 


Today did have an interesting moment when a man walked in with a falcon sitting on his hand. I think I just sat and stared for a moment because that is quite the unusual occurrence when working in an office setting. I'll explain and put this into perspective. My dad works at a port so there is a serious seagull and pigeon problem. The bird of prey comes in to scare away these birds so that they aren't such a nuisance.


The other moment which was intriguing was when someone came in and asked me about "Dean's Tea." Once again I was confused because I immediately thought tee as in golf tee. We also don't sell tea anyways (well at least not to the best of my knowledge). Apparently there was a man who worked at the company a long time ago who got very ill with cancer, the story goes that he brewed his own tea and it helped keep him alive for a number of years. Apparently someone in the office still brews and sells it. You learn something new everyday I suppose. 


Number of days successfully completed: 2
Number of days left to go: 3
Number of books read: 1and 1/4