The People at Harry's

It's been a few days now that I've been working at my new job as a junior executive here at Harry's. I've yet to meet the legendary "Harry" of Harry's Properties. I have gathered from the company distributed leaflets that "Harry" had started out as a humble mail room clerk working his way up to join the board of directors no more than a few years. He was then unanimously voted to become the president of the company. Then as the company almost succumbed to the economic crisis back in the 90s, "Harry"; with his vast knowledge and experience, single-handedly saved the company from an embarrassing downfall. It was evident that he earned his name on the company signboard.

I tried looking through old articles and newsletters in my computer database but I could not find a publication which mentioned "Harry'"'s last name. He must think it's fashionable hip to go on a first name basis - like Madonna or Prince. I am laughing as I'm writing this.

I have eventually decided that it did not matter if I didn't know. Everyone refers to him as "Mr Harry" or "The Boss".

Within the last few days, I've also gotten to know my co-workers a little better.

Fringe mostly keeps to herself. She disappears for a few hours sometimes and just yesterday I caught her sneaking away into the broom closet while whispering into her cellphone. She must be having an affair. Otherwise there is obviously no need to hide in the broom closet of all places! I still did not get her name as she does not talk to me very much. I think she's shy. I will make an effort to invite her out to lunch one of these days.

I like Pinky. She did not wear pink shirts every day. But the name kinda stuck since I made it up for her the first day I was here. I think her name is Lily or Nilly or Milly, I'm not very sure. I usually just greet her with a "Hi" or "Hey" when we talk to each other. She's pretty and smiles a lot, sometimes she does a cute little girly wave when she sees me in the elevator. She sits only a few cubes away from me so I'm looking forward to knowing her better.

Big-S; the girl whom I've started disliking since Day 1 has an atitude problem. I am very sure of it! Yesterday I asked her how to operate the coffee machine in the pantry and she said "Didn't your managers teach you?" I knew she was only referring to Mr C-H (we all share one manager) so I said "No, HE did not teach me". I must have emphasized the HE a little bit louder than I needed to. She stared with widened-eyes, then shook her head and walked away. I don't know what is her problem. Maybe she is bitter about life. Big-S has a habit of widening her eyes when she speaks. I've observed that quite a few times already. When she does it, her pupils look very tiny against her eye-whites. She must've not known that it's very unattractive. Someone needs to tell her and it won't be me. I am wondering if she has a boyfriend.

Spike is a very nice guy. He invites me for lunch with the other female co-workers he mixes with. He seems like the kind of guy who has a lot of female "buddies". He asked me out to dinner a couple of times already, says I should get to know some of the people from the other departments. I said I shall arrange some time. However I am wondering if he knows I am seeing someone.

Note: Must find out Pinky's name

It Began at Harry's

First dat @ new job!

It was 7.20am when I woke up this morning. I've overslept by 20 minutes. I sat bolted upright in bed considering which morning routine I'd have to forego. I hate hurried showers in the morning.

My usual 45-minute shower was shortened to 30 minutes.

I finally managed to find something suitable to wear for my first day at work. I had worn the new red top with the little buttons I bought last week. It must be my lucky day! I have completely forgotten about this gorgeous little number since chucking it aside.
Note: Must not try to hide shopping bags from E by throwing them on top of wardrobe. Try other, more visible hiding spots. Behind bathroom kitchen door?

I managed to fix my make-up, twist my hair into quite a nice stylish bun within 10 minutes. Will tell E tonight during dinner. I was right after all, I COULD be ready in 15 minutes if I put my heart into it.
Another Note to Self: Must get a regular, household size hair-dryer. Current, tiny economical-size one takes too long to dry hair. Plus there's always a burning smell...!

Several thoughts occured to me during the drive to work this morning;
1) Will my co-workers be fun to hang out with?
2) Did I forget to use the concealer? (I was pretty sure I have forgotten, and almost worked myself into a state of panic - it was my FIRST day at work! But as it turned out; diary, I haven't forgotten. Silly me!)

I finally reached Harry's Properties; my new place of employment and is one of the largest real estate firms in the area. Oh, I had another idea on my drive here.

3) Will see if any of my new co-workers live nearby my place, we could carpool and then I could definitely save a lot on gas. Besides, I'm pretty sure the guys would offer to drive most of the time. Brilliant!

My best friend D had driven me around the block to survey the area after coffee last night. I had wanted to make sure I could find a decent parking spot when I got to work this morning. D tells me quite frequently that I have incredible hindsight. I'm pretty sure he means foresight. Sometimes I think D is not very bright. So I couldn't find it in my heart to correct him.

I had to walk approximately 500 meters to reach the office. My feet hurt when I got there. Turns out the parking lot furthest from the office building charges the cheapest rate for the day. These things add up. So I had no choice.

Mr C-H is my manager and he seems nice. After a brief welcome, he introduced me to the rest of the staff in my department. I did not manage to memorize all their names yet but I think I'd be working with Fringe (girl with long, untidy bangs), Big-S (girl who adds "S" in all her sentences, i.e the others peoples are coming), Pinky (girl who wore the cute little pink shirt) and Spike (guy with the spiky hairdo)

When it was almost lunch time, Big-S came over and said to me, "Christa, I thinks you forgots to remove the price tag which says 70% off from your shirt"

I immediately disliked Big-S.