How to spot a new employee

Greetings all...sorry for the vacation from writing...a LOT has been going on since I've written last! New job being the main thing...but other events have been keeping me away from the blogging as well. I'll probably catch you up in installments rather than one mega-blog...

...in the meantime...here's a rare glimpse into the excitement that is my daily life. :)

So...at the new job, I have to park in a parking lot that is like 2 exits down the highway from the actual company campus...that's b/c there are so many of us it's not feasible to park on campus without the whole place being a parking lot. Anywho, yesterday I park in the garage, walk into the lobby of the building, which is similar to a hotel lobby (the building used to be part of a casino), to wait for the shuttle. As i'm standing there with about 7 or 8 other people who are also waiting, i notice that there are like 3 people outside, and wonder why we're not all out there waiting with them, since it's such a beautiful morning. At this point it's important to note that 'outside' is actually under a huge awning...where birds like to perch. Birds, such as the one pictured at left. (ok, it's not a bird...it's an owl...whatev...)

So, I'm standing there pondering this as the shuttle pulls up in front of the door, under the awning, and we all walk outside to get on. Me & this other girl are in the back of the group, patiently waiting for everyone to climb aboard the schoolbus...when we hear this splatter on the ground RIGHT next to us. I mean, RIGHT next to us. It sounded like someone poured a cup of water on the ground or something...so we look up, and there is this owl perched right over our heads. it POOPED on us!!! ok, well not on us, but RIGHT next to us!!! OMG!!!! eeeewww!! yuck!!! groty!!! I spent the next 15 minutes on the shuttle in shock. oh yea, i also spent that time frantically trying to make sure i didnt have any of that nastiness on me.

So...back to the question I was pondering as we were in the lobby...why werent we all out there waiting with those 3 people for the shuttle outside, in the beautiful morning weather? Because standing out there could get you pooped on. Apparently every employee parking at this satellite lot knows this, except for the newbies. It's like this cruel joke the seniors play on the freshman kids!! So, this is how you spot a new employee...they have bird poop on their head. :)

It's funny now...but would so NOT have been funny had I been standing just a couple of inches to the left.