There are some things I don’t think I’ll ever get used to over here. For starters, I almost tackled a guy as he got out of his silly English car this morning in the middle of traffic. Like, whooooaaaa buddy, you can’t just get out of your car and leave it in the middle of the road, I don’t care where you have to be and when! Then I slowly realized... left = passenger. Right, play it cool, you knew that. I don’t know though, I’m not sure I’ll ever stop thinking the cars are driving themselves with the occupant just along for the ride.
Another thing that’s wacky, their stupid keyboards! Please see the miniature sized what I think is supposed to symbolize a SHIFT key, smaller than my pinky. I can’t even begin to tell you how many times I plug that weird key next to the up arrow instead of the "shift". Don’t even get me started on all the other misplaced keys. And I’m not even a good typer to begin with so imagine what this is doing to my typing self esteem.
;my apologies in advance if my emails to you end up looking like this with an abundance of ;;;;; in place of capital letters.
Things I will get used to…and perhaps the best revelation of my first day at work…
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| This doesn't even give it justice... | I'm talking floor to ceiling on this sucker! |
A FREE COFFEE machine in the office. Coming from an office that doesn’t even provide water cups for our water cooler which is more often out of service than in, let alone a coffee machine with pretty white mugs and a multitude of options. Customs is going to love me when I try and shove that sucker into my suitcase to ship home. Not just a normal coffee machine but you plug in the numbers for what type of hot beverage you would like AND how you would like it – I’m talking how many milks and sugars, steam, froth, temperature, additives, etc! PLUS you have the options of Tea, Cappuccino, Espresso, Latte, Mocha, Hot Cocoa, or hot water (sort of feel bad for hot water right here. who wants to be hot water in this choosing frenzy?). See visual to understand the Porsche of Coffee Mates. This makes my Keurig look like a Skoda. (that’s British humour right there, you wouldn’t understand. Look it up.)
One more thing I will get used to…cheese rooms at grocery stores! I’m talking a whole room dedicated to the beautiful makings of the creamy pasteurized goodness that I so much adore. Without fail, every time I walk into a grocery store I gravitate toward the amazingness of these rooms. Sort of like Disney World, great place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there. This is a mini one, but spectacular nonetheless.
Jealous yet?
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