I was back in the office today for the first time since December 14th. Everything was basically the same. My philodendron was kind of wilted, but I gave it a nice drink of water, and by tomorrow it should look pretty much good as new.
My colleagues are all pretty much the same. Basically, back to work.
So, today, I had some work to do that involved loading a database with a group of employees from Asia. What I found is that many of them had given themselves American first names, which came over in parentheses on the spreadsheet.. Lots of Shirleys and Cathys and Daniels and Andys.
But then, there were a few that cracked me up:
I kind of get it. When I was in High School, we chose authentic names for our French class - I spent four years as Colette. But one of my classmates chose as her name, Virgule. Which means 'comma', but also sounds like it could be a name. So I get it.
But I wonder... what was Protein thinking when he chose that name? Or Bobo, or Peon? Did it sound pretty? Was it meant to be funny or ironic?
I'll never know.
But I do know they're loaded and ready to use our software.
Work isn't all hard. Trust me, I make it look easy.
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| Or I can lay out another $3 for a new plant. Whatevs. |
My colleagues are all pretty much the same. Basically, back to work.
So, today, I had some work to do that involved loading a database with a group of employees from Asia. What I found is that many of them had given themselves American first names, which came over in parentheses on the spreadsheet.. Lots of Shirleys and Cathys and Daniels and Andys.
But then, there were a few that cracked me up:
Wienie
Napoleon
Funny
Peon
Jelly
Juicy
Protein
Rainbow
Ivanhoe
Money
Benedict
Jockey
Bobo
Only
I kind of get it. When I was in High School, we chose authentic names for our French class - I spent four years as Colette. But one of my classmates chose as her name, Virgule. Which means 'comma', but also sounds like it could be a name. So I get it.
But I wonder... what was Protein thinking when he chose that name? Or Bobo, or Peon? Did it sound pretty? Was it meant to be funny or ironic?
I'll never know.
But I do know they're loaded and ready to use our software.
Work isn't all hard. Trust me, I make it look easy.
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