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I can see Die Welt!

Today was the first day of work at my new job and it went as well as it might: I got a key to the door, got my office, met my boss, and discovered that although I was assigned a phone number, the phone on my desk did not, in fact, work.

That was discovered when the boss’s assistant tried to call me to tell me he was in. Instead she walked over to my office to tell me this and to ask if I’d heard the phone ring at all.

In keeping with not talking about work, really the only thing I can say is that I got some work done, but not a lot. There’s not really a lot on my platter yet, but I suspect that will change over the coming weeks.

About the most exciting thing I can say about work is that my office is warm and I’m on the top floor of my building. Consequently, if I poke my head around awkwardly I can look out the window and see Die Welt—“The World”.

Berliners will know what I am talking about.

5 comments to I can see Die Welt!

  • starman1695

    A reasonable first day. How many floors in the office building?

  • Is it that big clocky thing on Alexanderplatz?

    Congrats on the first day.

  • Tja, entweder arbeitest du für die taz oder am Alexanderplatz, alles Gute.

  • Yeah, um Adam… I don’t that saying you see “Die Welt” is quite so clear, even to Berliners. Maybe you could say that you see Die Welt as it goes through its “ups and downs”.

  • starman1695 – My office building is of average height. It’s not the tallest thing around, nor is it the shortest.

    cliff1976 – Thanks, and no… the answer is in m following post…

    martin – tut mir leid… Ich arbite in der nahe von Checkpoint Charlie.

    Snooker – you know better than me!