Wageslavery

The nature of my work requires me to travel now and then. It's not really what I would consider a perk, because sometimes I'm sent to some pretty godforsaken places. This was one of those times, so I'm pleased to be back.

I'm still getting to know my co-workers. We work together well enough I suppose - in the sense that we get things done - but I don't get the feeling we're going to be great friends. Sometimes it's a challenge just to be civil. I'm thinking in particular of this Russian squirt who copped such an attitude with me one day that I was going to file a complaint, but he just stopped coming in and that was pretty much the end of that. I like to think he was deported and sentenced to work in a mine.

There's also this chick I'm not sure about yet. She likes to borrow things without asking, which I personally find grating. But everyone else seems to like her, and she was recently promoted. Good for her. Maybe her new office will come with a stapler of its own.