I like the assignment I am on. It is only three days, working from 4pm -Midnight. I am alone in a interior office. These are things I can deal with for short times.

It is very corporate. The dress code is “business casual” and it appears to be black tops and grey slacks for the woman and banker blue shirts and black jackets for the men. At least that is what I see most of here. I am playing the game and seeing if I can fit in. I can a little but I still have to have some flare. Can’t seem to do all boring.

People that I have no idea who they are come in and give me a ppt slide or two to work on. The first day, I had absolutely nothing to work on. I spent the entire time on email, LJ, ebay, misc surfing. The second day, I brought stuff from home to work on and they kept me busy all night long. Today, I brought stuff and it has been just a bit busy.

They seem to like me. I was told by the day shift person that she had been told good things about me. That if they need a contractor again, they should try for me. That makes me feel good.

Also, I love being able to do whatever they throw my way. They come to me with one of the inserted Word objects misbehaving and I fix it for them and tell them what to try if they run into it again. I get handed a slide with a four piece graphic and asked to add a fifth piece. When I send it back, I have tighten it all up and it looks so much better, more professional, even though you would be hard pressed to figure out what exactly had been changed. These people do most of the presentation and then hand it to the Desktop Publishing Department (that would be me and the day shift person) for the graphics. Very corporate boring graphics. Really easy stuff. It feels good to know that I can do these sorts of things easily and that others can’t just toss it off. It means I really do have a skill with the graphics and can see things differently than they do. Makes me feel worthwhile in the business world instead of just a grunt.

So, starting tomorrow, I have no idea what is next. Time to start bugging the agencies again.

While the hours and being in an office away from everyone else was annoying, it was a nice little assignment to give me a different taste of businesses and what I am capable of.