Little Rectangular Paper Security Blankets

[jducoeur]

Intellectually, I know that I'm unlikely to use more than a dozen business cards in the whole time I'm at Applied Messaging. (On prior trends, anyway -- I tend not to be out and dealing with clients a lot. Historically, most of my business cards wind up being micro-notepads sitting next to the phone at home after I leave the company.)

But y'know, there's something about having that big block of sharp new cards landing on my desk that tells me that I am actually employed for real again. Exactly why a $3 box of paper smells like commitment to me, I'm not quite sure; I suppose it's part of the whole corporate brainwashing thing. But it does make me feel oddly more secure...

Comments

[metahacker.livejournal.com]

and of course, business cards + a penknife make a wonderful construction toy, which I seem to recall seeing a lot of in your work areas...

[chaiya.livejournal.com]

Well, y'know, congrats on feeling secure. And feel free to let me know if you need a secretary. :)

[tpau]

hmm, maybe i never feel secure because the ynever bother giving me buisness cards... of course these ar ehte same peopel who tell me that my 50 hour weeks are nto enough and i shoudl putin at least 60...

[jducoeur]

Ick. One thing I like about this company is that they're making at least a reasonable effort to keep the hours sane. I fully expect we're going to have to go into crunch sometime in the spring, but it isn't routine.

One thing that the past five years have taught me is that, if folks have to pull crunch regularly, it's a sign of bad management and nothing else. (Not that bad management is anything new or surprising...)

[tpau]

heh. i love my company to pieces. the peopel are awesome, the work is interes5ting, i liek wht i do. the managment sucks ass beyond belief. know anyoneelse hiring? *sigh*