April 23, 2003

Perspectives

Me:

Man, I love my new job – it is just so cool how well I fit in with my new boss and everyone else around the office. We are working on some of the same stuff, so my technical expertise is appreciated and I get to develop some cool new stuff as well. I mean really, how many jobs are there where on your first day you can make a contribution and work well with the team? My boss and I just understand each other – there is no need to speak sometimes.

My boss:

Man, I think that the new guy is mildly retarded or something. There are these long stretches of silence where he just looks at me and makes grunting noises and gives me the ‘thumbs up’ sign before returning to his office.

April 23, 2003 10:26 PM