Gepap enters the workplace, perhpas briefly

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Well done, sir!

Can I give a bit of advice? Don't wait until the end of the year to start sending your resume out; begin looking around next month. The Laws of Dating also apply to job-hunting: it's much easier to get one when you already have one.

Anyway, good luck!

[PLATO]

Just curious...How is the job going? Have they got you doing anything interesting?

[GePap]

The job is, well, interesting...

In theory, I should work only 35 hours a week, (I assume 8 hour days with 1 hour of breaks), but I am working 10 hours a day most of the time, and that is after subtracting the breaks.

I have to deal with lots of constituents, including some that are, well, crazy. A guy today came in and it took three hours to get him to leave..there was little we could do fr him, cause he had a whole range of problems, including mental. Some problems, like Sanitation and Transporation we can help with, with legal matters we can't. And the process is slow...it takes weeks from person calling in to letter going out, then months for the city agency to get back...it never ends.

I also get to go lots of time to City Hall..including today, and tommorrow. It's not that impressive, but beats sitting at home. And it's election time, so the office is also working on getting this guy re-elected... things will be much calmer come Nov. 5.

[Sikander]

When I was 17 I got an internship with a state representative. It was interesting to say the least. I ended up answering the mail and the phones and doing research on constituent problems. I had no idea what I was doing, but like the soldier who was ordered by Rommel to escort over a hundred prisoners of war back through the lines to the German side of no man's land (armed only with a bolt action rifle), I accomplished my mission mainly because no one informed me that it was impossible. Anyway, it sounds like you have a very interesting job, and are far better prepared for it than I was for mine. Good luck, and be sure to share any interesting or amusing anecdotes.

[GePap]

I would, but I am under a confidentiality agreement..so they will have to be limited.

[PLATO]

Originally posted by GePap
I would, but I am under a confidentiality agreement..so they will have to be limited.

"The names have changed to protect the innocent"???

Seems like NYC political stories could be pretty cool.

[GePap]

I am a bit frightened though (not much, but a twinge) that a group that appears so sophmoric handles a budget bigger than that of 48 states in the Union (save NY State and California).

Another tough thing is getting cases from people for which you can;t possibly do anything becuase it is out of your jurisdiction. Sometimes they understand that, sometimes not.