I don't think I've ever been taken out to lunch.
Oh, I wish those council guys would let me have an hour alone in the room with her, if I was larger and had grenades.
Willow ,'Storyteller'
Spike's Bitches 37: You take the killing for granted.
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P.M. Marc - Oct 08, 2007 5:25:21 pm PDT #9003 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
meara - Oct 08, 2007 5:29:14 pm PDT #9004 of 10001
Really Plei? Huh. At both of my previous companies, when we had a new person, the team would go out to lunch on their first day--partly as a "we know you didn't bring your lunch on the first day, and don't know anyone, and now you can meet us not standing in a cube" sorta thing. Depending on the company and the time, it might be "whole 20 person department" or "four people you'll be working on a project with" and might range from "pretty darn nice restaurant" to "random Thai place down the street", but...
I was pretty surprised when the director was like "Oh, did you bring your lunch? Let's go grab something" and drove me to a deli where we each bought our lunch, snarfed it in about 15 minutes, and drove back. Sigh.
Laga - Oct 08, 2007 5:46:09 pm PDT #9005 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
At my sister's company if you take a new person out to lunch you can comp the entire meal. I think it's for the first week but it might be longer.
Laga - Oct 08, 2007 5:47:15 pm PDT #9006 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
granola
The Heroes WnP is on East Coast time so I should stay out of there until I've watched this week's episode, right?
BigDuluth - Oct 08, 2007 5:53:08 pm PDT #9007 of 10001
"I am the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world"
then they asked if I would mind hanging around on pending until they got the confirm from the other someone that they would take the job
I'm pretty sure I would have laughed at them.
P.M. Marc - Oct 08, 2007 5:57:01 pm PDT #9008 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Well, part of it is that I started contracting after college, and both of my non-contract gigs started as contract slots. So by the time I was Velveteen Employee, I already knew everyone.
Frankly, I'm still shocked by things like paid time off.
Laga - Oct 08, 2007 6:04:09 pm PDT #9009 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Velveteen Employee
love this!
NoiseDesign - Oct 08, 2007 6:11:03 pm PDT #9010 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
paid time off.
Yeah right, and Unicorns really exist.
§ ita § - Oct 08, 2007 6:18:14 pm PDT #9011 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I was taken out to lunch for one of three jobs. And at the one where I was, it became less routine as time passed. So I've never thought of it as traditional.
ChiKat - Oct 08, 2007 6:32:39 pm PDT #9012 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
I had a day off today, whee! I slept in then went to see a movie with a friend then out to dinner then grocery shopped and now home, just in time for bed. Not a bad day, really.
If not the first day, at least the first week, usually, depending on what's going on. There's usually a lunch, somehow.
This is my experience as well.