I don't think I've ever been taken out to lunch.
It's called a blaster, Will, a word that tends to discourage experimentation. Now, if it were called the Orgasmater, I'd be the first to try your basic button press approach.
Xander ,'Get It Done'
Spike's Bitches 37: You take the killing for granted.
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P.M. Marc - Oct 08, 2007 5:25:21 pm PDT #9003 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
meara - Oct 08, 2007 5:29:14 pm PDT #9004 of 10001
Really Plei? Huh. At both of my previous companies, when we had a new person, the team would go out to lunch on their first day--partly as a "we know you didn't bring your lunch on the first day, and don't know anyone, and now you can meet us not standing in a cube" sorta thing. Depending on the company and the time, it might be "whole 20 person department" or "four people you'll be working on a project with" and might range from "pretty darn nice restaurant" to "random Thai place down the street", but...
I was pretty surprised when the director was like "Oh, did you bring your lunch? Let's go grab something" and drove me to a deli where we each bought our lunch, snarfed it in about 15 minutes, and drove back. Sigh.
Laga - Oct 08, 2007 5:46:09 pm PDT #9005 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
At my sister's company if you take a new person out to lunch you can comp the entire meal. I think it's for the first week but it might be longer.
Laga - Oct 08, 2007 5:47:15 pm PDT #9006 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
granola
The Heroes WnP is on East Coast time so I should stay out of there until I've watched this week's episode, right?
BigDuluth - Oct 08, 2007 5:53:08 pm PDT #9007 of 10001
"I am the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world"
then they asked if I would mind hanging around on pending until they got the confirm from the other someone that they would take the job
I'm pretty sure I would have laughed at them.
P.M. Marc - Oct 08, 2007 5:57:01 pm PDT #9008 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Well, part of it is that I started contracting after college, and both of my non-contract gigs started as contract slots. So by the time I was Velveteen Employee, I already knew everyone.
Frankly, I'm still shocked by things like paid time off.
Laga - Oct 08, 2007 6:04:09 pm PDT #9009 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Velveteen Employee
love this!
NoiseDesign - Oct 08, 2007 6:11:03 pm PDT #9010 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
paid time off.
Yeah right, and Unicorns really exist.
§ ita § - Oct 08, 2007 6:18:14 pm PDT #9011 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I was taken out to lunch for one of three jobs. And at the one where I was, it became less routine as time passed. So I've never thought of it as traditional.
ChiKat - Oct 08, 2007 6:32:39 pm PDT #9012 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
I had a day off today, whee! I slept in then went to see a movie with a friend then out to dinner then grocery shopped and now home, just in time for bed. Not a bad day, really.
If not the first day, at least the first week, usually, depending on what's going on. There's usually a lunch, somehow.
This is my experience as well.