January 24, 2007
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Close Call…
My eyes opened as a sat straight up in my bed, my first thought was “Oh God… please don’t let it be too late!” I peered at the alarm clock that read 9:30am… I had a half an hour to shower, get dressed, do my hair and arrive at work 20 minutes away on time. I was sure that I was screwed. I leapt and sprinted out of bed… went I say “leapt and sprinted” I mean stood up from a completely horizontal position and was half way across the room before my feet touched the ground. I ran down the hallway as fast and agile as a gazelle (keep in mind I mean a three legged retarded gazelle that has been startled by a hungry lion) and stumbled down the stairs. I ran into my moms room and with a frightful overtone of panic yelled “MOM!! We have a problem!! It’s 9:30 and I have to be at work at 10:00!!!” I believe at that point my mother said something like “Oh F#%K! Get moving… NOW!” I hopped in the shower… more like jumped in full speed and didn’t even let the water warm up *brrrr* I have never taken a 2 minute shower before… but I did. All I had time to do was wash my hair… and I didn’t even have time to condition it
*sigh* So anyway… I dried my hair, which felt like it took an eternity!! I wiggled into my pants… which was quite a task considering that I hadn’t fully dried off. Grabbed my shoes, hopped in them on the way out… and we were off! In the car now… struggling to get my makeup in order, I managed to do my makeup (quite well might I add
) We were speeding down the highway… when I say speeding I mean going 70 in a 55 zone. “
wow, that’s fast!” you might say… we weren’t sure if it was fast enough! Along the way we flew by a State Highway Patrolman like a bat out of hell… and he never took notice. Yeah… we were going that fast, stealth mode baby! Well anyway, we made a 20 minute drive in 10 minutes. I arrived to my first day of work on time with minutes to spare. It was quite a morning… and a memory I will retell to my grandchildren someday. Though for giggles I may embellish a bit, maybe add an alien abduction in the middle and some ninjas at the end. But hell… it’ll be a good story! *wink*Later I will tell you about my first day at work and how it went… stay tuned.
Your first day at your first job… what was it like?
Comments (19)
The power of the mind… and what a really cool mom who can drive like a bat out of hell can do..
I can’t wait to hear about your first day at work… but I guess we have to wait until your second day at work is over..
Maybe tomorrow you can slow down a bit… I know that whenever I arrived at work in a rush, the feeling of being in a rush lasted all day…
Dance On with money honey!!
hope the rest of the day went smoother! Welcome to the workforce! i can’t wait to hear all about it….
My first day at work? Heck i can’t remember what i did yesterday and now you want me to remember what happened in the last century? lol….
My first day at work – was pretty uneventful. However I do have a friend who managed to get himself locked in the gents loo’s within ten minutes of being in the office - they had to call the fire brigade to get him out. Now obviously the fire brigade wanted to simply hack the door down – but the office manager was having none of it. As a result the firemen removed the false ceiling and winched him up and out, over the door! Now there is one for the grandkids!
You can tell the grandchildren that story as it is, you told it in a very funny way.
What do you have with alarm clocks? That’s the second time in a week. LOL.
A memorable first day – the first of many memorable work days I am sure. Welcome to the world of FICA.
No story I tell my children would be complete without aliens & ninjas :bravo: Glad you made it in OK. I look forward to hearing about how it went. Keep up the good work :goodjob:
All will be fine next time remember to set the alarm :sunshine: can’t wait to hear how well your day went
I actually called in sick on my first day at my first job. True! I knew the job was going to suck before I started it but I needed some cash and, well thats what people do. So I called in sick. Still managed to work that dead end job for 3 months or so before dropping it like a bad habit. Hope your having a good hump day today! – Bek
:sunshine:Phew!:sunshine:
I have done that more than a few times, sorry to say!
sounds familler… :tongue: I don’t count my highschool job at baskin robbins a real job… since I made minimum wadge and got to take home all the ice cream I could… :dancingcow: but my first job out of highschool was …a bank teller!!! :yawn: I hated it… I worked there for a year, yeah I can’t believe it… while I don’t remember my first day… I do remember that my supervisor HATED me, and I don’t know why… the last straw was when she told me that my hair was too curly and I needed to do something about it… :question: …thou I did have the HOTTEST boss, he was the vice president of loans, and he had these ocean blue eyes and salt n pepper hair & he rode a motorcycle to work… wearing his armani suit… very sexy… (maybe that’s why I stuck it out so long… :wink-wink:)
so is it fun… sounds like it’d be fun…
ttfn…
BEARHUGS:wink-wink:
My first job was a paper route. I just remember it was cold that morning, and I got started and done early.
:celebrate: Obviously you got the job then! Well done getting there, being late on the first day is not good. My reading’s been a bit sporadic lately.
I don’t recall anything much about my first day at work…training I think. I was under a lady called Vera.
:bow:
Hey Cat, still alive after all that hard work?
:celebrate: CONGRATS ON THE NEW JOB sorry had no internet for a little bit so belated
My first day at my first job was boring as hell. But I quit that after a month because of their continued insistence on illegal activites regarding their employees.
lol glad it still went well!
hahahahahahahahahahah…. 18 eProps!wait i cant! sorry best of luck!:tongue: