Let Me Criticise You

When you start a new job, everyone in that company is telling you how wonderful things will be now, that you are here. How did you come to solve all the problems that are and aren`t in your job description ☺ You are the baby Jesus that will save humanity…but wait, didn`t Jesus sacrifice itself for humanity first? Yep, we all know the story and this is how the cookie crumbles. The first weeks should be ok, in the 2nd month you have to put up a common-sense shield just to protect yourself from the task-throwing contest in which you are the main target. “Please, can you help with this little favour…it will only take 10 minutes”, and this is just the beginning. You are allowed to say “Sorry, I already have something to do at this moment and I have to deliver by the end of the day. Can I help you after?” and it can be a game-changer in your brand new role. You are polite and get to do what you were hired to do. Being polite is the key to your well-balanced life. Some people go to the office...

The Office, that one place where we used  to go every morning 2 years back in time.  I know, you are thinking Oh, crap, just another click bait title :) But, in fact this is not something like this at all, just because it tells a real story.  I just got back to an old habit we all had, the morning routine of going to the office. I have now 2 weeks since this process started and I just want to go back home and get shit done. The Office is a whole floor in one big shiny building. For me is the 10th floor, an open space with a lot of people who each has some strange habits that I have to face each day. I wear a 😷 in the office, just an extra safety measure, not having Covid at all by this article is being written. Old team mates, new faces, new noises, new smells, new names to remember, new rules for every day life until 17:30 Romanian time.  If I get trough this first month without covid I am the certified survivor type. The Office is nice as a tv show, it...