Alex in Adultland

It has officially been one week since I started my new job as a Head Hunter.  Here is my first week of work advice:

1. DON’T break in a new pair of shoes on your first day of work.  I got these beautiful black patent leather lace ups for the holidays and waited until the first day to wear them.  Without socks.  They dug up my heel so bad, by the time I got off the subway in the city I was limping.  I quickly ran into a Duane Reed and got some $5 black socks, but it was to late, I was limping the whole day.  I tried later that week to wear them with thicker, white tube socks.  Not only did it still really hurt - it looked mega ridiculous.  Probably a post on how I intend to break those bad boys in to come. 

2. DON’T style your hair a new way on your first day.  I also tried straightening my hair using a round comb and a blow dryer day 1, which my curly hair did not take to kindly to and promptly blew up to the size of the Empire State building.  Or just a really large Jew fro.  Paired with my shiny shoes and high waisted trousers, I looked like Michael Jackson. 

3. DO keep your head down.  I think it’s best for the first week to just try to blend in.  All of us have a desk pushed together with the other desks of people in our team.  My team is a bunch of hardcore, frat dude bros.  They’ve taught my words like “shhh boy”  as in “SSSHHHABOY is gonna go drink some beers tonight.”  There’s also a team of mostly hot blonde girls and two dudes.  So, far, I think I’m the office weird girl. 

4. DON’T bring your lunch.  Because then you lose the bonding opportunity to go out and get lunch with everyone else.  Granted, I’d probably rather work in a cubicle where I don’t have to get to know my co-workers, but I don’t.  I sit facing them all day on a team.  We will be friends.