My new job is full of surprises. Crossing the stage to receive my college diploma eight years ago, I never imagined that I'd be doing anything besides Alzheimer's support and geriatric social services, and I certainly never envisioned myself in my current work environment. Every day, I encounter something new to me, something a bit quirky, something to make me ponder...
Such as:
- Tough-looking guys with guns who verify my identity before allowing me to drive in
- The mail robot. He drives himself down the hall, turns corners on his own, and beeps his way throughout the building as he delivers mail. He's supposed to stop when he sees something in his way, but he's not so good at that!
- Amazing diversity of people! I'm not sure that caucasians are in the majority.
- Normal-looking ice machines in the hallway with big signs: "Not for human consumption".
- The vault. I can go in, but foreign nationals can't.
- Wearing a dosimeter everyday to measure my exposure to radiation.
- If I get pregnant, I have to tell my boss right away. They'll send a swat team to move around all of the furniture in my office to test for radiation hotspots to ensure my baby won't be born with three eyes.
- The three new electric cars that some old guys in our building are working with. The cars appear to be a cross between an Amish buggy and a souped-up golf cart. The old guys are really proud of them and call those ugly cars their "chick magnets" .
- The trash cans in the cafeteria audibly thank me when I use them.
