Apparently I've had food on the brain, because this is the second consecutive post dealing with food.
Yesterday, I received an email inviting me to lunch at the office in celebration of one of the boss's birthdays. The invitation promised catered food. Catered? What could that possibly be? I'm sure everyone has their own idea of what catered means to them, so just picture your definition in your head.
I admit I was looking forward to it. I usually have leftovers or a sandwich or something else really quick for lunch. It's not because I don't have time to make something, it's just that sometimes I can be really lazy. So a catered lunch sounded nice.
I walked into the office at lunch time to find our catered lunch. It was sandwiches. They were a step above Subway, but by no means what I had in mind. We also had a fruit tray, family size bags of chips, a bowl of M&Ms, and a bowl of mini Reese's peanut butter cups. The peanut butter cups were the best part. Did I mention everyone was sitting on the floor? Oh well, at least there was good conversation and it filled me up.
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Thursday, September 8, 2011
Monday, August 22, 2011
Shopping
I hate to admit this, but I love shopping for office supplies. In fact, I could almost start my own OSSA (Office Supply Shoppers Anonymous) group. I don't know what it is, but there's just something about all the pens and pencils and highlighters and notepads and folders and clips and all the other cool little stuff that I enjoy buying. Maybe it's because there's so much more variety than when I was a kid, or maybe it's because it makes me feel like I'm playing dress-up and I'm pretending to be an adult. Whatever the reason, I just like it.
Now that I have my own office, I get to pick whatever office supplies I want, not settle for whatever the boss happens to pick. Of course I have to pay for my own supplies, but I still feel like a kid in a candy store. But since I am just starting out, I am somewhat overwhelmed at the moment. Obviously I've bought pens and highlighters and folders and everything else before, but never all at the same time.
For example, usually when I run out of pens, and go find another pen that I like. There are certain things that I like in a pen, and considering that you have to decide on qualities such as length, weight, ink color, point size and barrel thickness, just to name a few, selecting that perfect one might take a good 30 minutes. And once I find that perfect pen, I still need to decide how many to buy. You want enough so that you don't have to buy more in a couple of weeks, but not so many that if you made a mistake in selecting you "perfect" pen, you don't end up using a pen you're not happy with for the next year. And don't forget to account for lost pens or pens that walk away.
At this point I have pretty much purchase no office supplies. Why? Because like I said, I'm somewhat overwhelmed at the moment. But also because I still have some of this stuff left over from when I was in school. I'll have to buy some supplies that I never used before, like file folders, but I haven't built up the courage to walk into an Office Depot or Staples just yet. In the meantime, anybody know where I can find an OSSA meeting?
Now that I have my own office, I get to pick whatever office supplies I want, not settle for whatever the boss happens to pick. Of course I have to pay for my own supplies, but I still feel like a kid in a candy store. But since I am just starting out, I am somewhat overwhelmed at the moment. Obviously I've bought pens and highlighters and folders and everything else before, but never all at the same time.
For example, usually when I run out of pens, and go find another pen that I like. There are certain things that I like in a pen, and considering that you have to decide on qualities such as length, weight, ink color, point size and barrel thickness, just to name a few, selecting that perfect one might take a good 30 minutes. And once I find that perfect pen, I still need to decide how many to buy. You want enough so that you don't have to buy more in a couple of weeks, but not so many that if you made a mistake in selecting you "perfect" pen, you don't end up using a pen you're not happy with for the next year. And don't forget to account for lost pens or pens that walk away.
At this point I have pretty much purchase no office supplies. Why? Because like I said, I'm somewhat overwhelmed at the moment. But also because I still have some of this stuff left over from when I was in school. I'll have to buy some supplies that I never used before, like file folders, but I haven't built up the courage to walk into an Office Depot or Staples just yet. In the meantime, anybody know where I can find an OSSA meeting?
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