Blue Collar Girl In A White Collar World

Adventures of a late blooming Gen X class jumper

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You guys, I hate this white collar bullshit. I wanna be a carpenter. Or an electrician. This world is weird.

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Administrative efficiency

"The client thinks it's suspicious when you work exactly 8 hours, so use some admin time to make it more like 7.8 hours or something like that." . . .

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Almost like being a homeowner

I got my own cubicle!!!

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There’s more than one conversation happening here . . .

Me [rocking the automatic espresso machine in the break room that looks like a nice cafe, getting fancy with my caramel crosshatching]

Old high-ranking corporate guy: “You seem to really got that down.”

Me: I was a barista in a past life.

Him: Isn’t this automatic machine incredible?

Me: It does a good job, but nothing’s better than doing it yourself.

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Decided to brown bag it for lunch today.

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Overheard coworkers calling the nearby fast food joint "ratchet." Guess where I ate breakfast and dinner?

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New job has unlimited fancy coffee. Good thing I know how to make bomb espresso drinks.

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I could get used to 1 hour long fancy lunch.

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Day one

Coworker: "What are you working on?" Me: "A data entry project using this new software." Coworker: "How do you like the software? My dad created it. That's how I got this job."