I sat through an eight hour new employee orientation for Travis County and all I got was this tiny lapel pin. Orientations are rarely, if ever, entertaining experiences, or informative for that matter. They generally are onslaughts of information irrelevant at the moment and usually findable online or elsewhere later. Yet, sit we must through hours of presentations on benefits, insurance, harassment policies, and the like. Despite my obvious irritation at having to sit through today's orientation, I do appreciate the County's enthusiasm toward all of its new employees. Plus, at the end of the day, I get to work for my favorite county in the State of Texas. Every time I cross the county line I get an instant feeling of being home, so it's pretty great to be able to work for Travis County. Had I thought about it from this perspective prior to the orientation, I hope I would've been less of a cranky jerk today.
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