Allan Gets No Love

... from work, that is!

Despite the fact that he started 2 weeks before I did, I seem to have gotten the royal treatment compared to him. Take my first day, for instance:

I arrived at my new cubicle and found not one, but TWO computers: a Windows machine and a Linux machine. Allan has only one. Okay, that was probably justified because my group needs to do development on both machines, so it's a given that everyone has 2 machines. But still, this bit of geekish "competition" was amusing ;-)

Not only that, but on my desk were also some basic office supplies, including more "luxurious" items like a nice leather binder, and gel wristpad for the keyboard and mousepad. Allan just got the basic office supplies. No fancy gel wrist rests. And no leather binder.

(to add insult to injury, I actually had TWO mousepads on my desk. And yes, I decided to be nice (for once!) and gave the extra one to Allan)

We all get magnetic key cards so we can enter the building through the side entrance. Allan's card didn't work until a few days after he started. Mine worked instantly. Well, I didn't get a chance to check until my 2nd day, but it worked when I arrived that morning :-D

Then, today-- the real kicker! We passed by the mailboxes section on the way to the kitchen for a snack, and we inspected it to see if our names had been added yet. Sure enough, there was a slot with my name on it. As you can imagine, there was nothing for Allan.

Well, at least Allan has one thing going in his favor: the printer next to his desk does duplex printing. The one near mine does not. I guess he had to catch a break eventually, eh!

(originally posted at:  http://www.myspace.com/hellykwee/blog/353232018)