Office junior...
Being a lazy yet mellow chap, I've never had to put with much crap when starting a new job and I never did get the chance to do any work experience anywhere (well I did, but it was at my dads work where he set me up as barman in the social club. I got to play cards with the old boys and listen to their stories as they bought me beers all day.)
the only time I've had anything like that was when starting at an accountants when I was about 18. I found out on my first day that my job as office junior included making the tea for everyone twice a day (it was a rather old fasioned place).
Fair enough, thinks me. I did my first round in the morning, which meant I got to meet everybody. Most people were nice enough, except for the typists. There were about seven of them in their own room and they were the most twisted and bitter old biddies I've ever met. Turns out they liked to pick on the newbies. As I passed the teas around, each one of them tasted it and made a yuk sound and complained. Not giving a shit, I left the room and went back to my desk.
When I turned up with the afternoon tea, I was told that my tea was digusting and made them feel sick. One complained that her's tasted off coffee. Quick as a flash I replied "That must have been the one I spat in."
She went white. They all went white.
They never complained again (and probably never drunk my tea again either).
(EvilMeister, Thu 10 May 2007, 14:42, Reply)