corporate world inductee

it all started a week or so ago...when in the search to make a little bit of cash, this "starving artist" decided to use her computer knowledge and the fact that she has two diplomas from two different universities to join the corporate world as a temp.....

and after this first week there is much to report-names and locations will be reserved as what could only make a starving artist more poor is a lawsuit....

however in the corporate world i have noticed.....

people live for the dress down fridays and my god, if "they" tell you, you can wear jeans on friday, you better believe that everyone will be wearing jeans on friday (except me, cause i did not know there was a dress down day policy....so i missed my chance to sport my denim)

people can and do sit and talk for what seems like hours about what they watched on tv last night....this week has been particularly exciting, as lost, american idol and dances with stars and the bachelor have all had season finales of some sort.....makes me wonder what "they" will talk about next week....although i am sure that there will be whole new crop of reality shows to talk about and ensure that a better part of a morning is wasted NOT working

no one sits outside for lunch....perfectly good, empty picnic tables....what is the use of living and working in florida if you can't at least enjoy lunch outside

cubicles are the reason that IM was invented...so you can talk about fellow employees with other employees when you are all within ear shot

badges are the equivalent of making everyone a version of the star bellied sneeches....all the temps have one color- and everyone else has something else

they hire temps for jobs that would otherwise make the "regular" employees go postal...there is relief in knowing that i will be done with this in a week or two and that my daily life will not always consist of numbers, numbers and more numbers

so at the end of week 1....
i know that i made the right choice in following my plans to work in the arts
i know that this is just a temp job that will help me save some money
i know that i now understand a little more about what goes on in those glass buildings

and

i know that next friday i am wearing jeans..................