My new job at Massive Aerospace Manufacturing Company begins today. Orientation starts in two hours but before that we all line up and wait our turn to present the paper copies of our various Yes I'm Really Who I Say documents. So I get to spend an hour out in the dark before sunrise before I can even start the orientation lmao.
I'm nervous!!! The nerves finally caught up to me! I was chill for the last three months but OH SHIT WE ARE GOING IN
edit we started walking as I was writing that
This line is so long it wraps around two times and then winds way deeper into the building
I'm not DEAD last but I showed up five minutes before six and lots of people were WAY earlier
We have been informed that we are gonna be in line for a LONG while and if we want to just sit and kick it till it gets shorter that's fine. I'm grabbing a seat in the cafeteria. Whew.
Guess I'll read my German book till it gets shorter.
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Turns out I'm in line beside one of my coworkers to be. Painters rise up
Now there are two lines?
I don't have the slightest fucking idea what's happening.
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Shout-out to the lady eating an actual bowl of cereal in line. Where'd she get that
I'm so glad I ignored "business casual" on the dress code and wore my steeltoes. These things have THE BEST support for my feet. Thank God I've been continuously on my feet for the last three years too. This is nothing I can't handle.
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After going through the trouble of getting my badge photo taken Wednesday I get to do it again today because they didn't forward it to the Seattle office. Thanks Large Aerospace Company
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Fuck this company sure does develop weapons
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This could have been an email
I'm watching someone read me PowerPoint slides
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The child (18) sitting across from me is talking about how his friend lets him fly their Cessna and how his family vacations in Thailand
say you're rich without saying you're rich eh kiddo
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WHY ARE THERE SO MANY CHILDREN WORKING HERE
No less than ten people have swung by this table to chat and they're ALL fresh out of highschool what the literal fuck!!
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Vibe is MUCH different in the union meeting wow
Huge huge difference.
This feels a lot like the vibes I'm used to as a painter
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I haven't been in a union since 2007. Please treat me better than IBEW or the scientist union did.
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Oh man this unions bennies kick IBEW's ASS
Apprenticeships are available, IMMEDIATE pay raise to 34/hr, no risk of layoffs for apprentices. Shiiiit!!!
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Waiting at the badge office to try and get my shit sorted again