The guys at my previous job—having chased away prior secretaries within a matter of weeks—were cautioned to “boil the frog” upon my arrival. This of course meant that they were to tone down the usual hilarity and generally crude behavior. Taking it to the next level would not be tolerated until I had been properly acclimated.
Fail.
Within hours I not only had been briefed on Operation Boiled Frog but the same guy (who shall remain nameless but is rather unusually loud for a normal adult) had asked me to marry him.
My new job has slight similarities to SL. A male dominated environment. This time in Afghanistan. With 3,000 times the amount of men. Still lots of jokes. None I can join in. At least not without the guys possibly getting the wrong idea. Something that wouldn’t happen at SL, because they’d simply laugh. Or mock me. I probably won’t be able to help convince an entire base to play me in Words with Friends and watch as productivity sinks to an all time low. And no boiling the frog. You just can’t tell 30,000 soldiers to not scare away the new girl.
On the bright side no more acid induced holes in all of my clothing.
Um where are you working? I'm confused? Campus in Texas (I feel like you said that on Facebook) or Afghanistan? Haha is Afghanistan code?!
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ReplyDeleteNo I'll be working in Afghanistan but for the school in Texas. I'm in Germany training right now.
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