♪♪ >> I STARTED A NEW JOB LAST WEEK, AND I AM EXHAUSTED.

DON'T GET ME WRONG.

THE EXPERIENCE OF MY FIRST FEW DAYS DEMONSTRATES A GREAT WORKPLACE AND GREAT COLLEAGUES.

BUT VOCATIONALLY SPEAKING, I'M NOT A GUY WHO MOVES AROUND VERY MUCH.

I WAS 14 YEARS IN MY LAST JOB.

THAT'S A LOT OF TIME FOR MUSCLE MEMORY TO TAKE ROOT, AND RE-LEARNING THE THINGS YOU'VE COME TO TAKE FOR GRANTED IS TIRING.

LIKE NAMES AND FACES.

IN MY NEW OFFICE, THERE IS AN ABBIE, AN AMANDA AND AN APRIL.

A CHRISSY AND A CHRISTINE.

AND TWO CAREYS...

AMONG OTHERS.

EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE TO GET NAMES DOWN, AND THEY ROLL WITH IT.

BUT THERE'S OTHER PERCEIVED WISDOM THAT PEOPLE DON'T TALK ABOUT.

YOU HAVE TO LEARN BY WATCHING.

LIKE COFFEE, FOR INSTANCE.

THERE WAS A DAY THIS WEEK WHEN I WAS THE FIRST ONE IN THE OFFICE.

IS IT OKAY TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE COFFEE, OR WOULD I BE STEPPING ON SACRED CAFFEINE TRADITION?

AND THAT UNMARKED CARTON OF FAT-FREE HALF-AND-HALF IN THE FRIDGE?

IS THAT FOR ANYONE'S USE?

THIS IS TO SAY NOTHING OF WHAT I CALL "PASTRY CADENCE."

A SUCCESSFUL OFFICE RUNS ON CARBOHYDRATES AND REFINED SUGAR, AND I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO MY PART, BOTH SUPPLYING AND CONSUMING.

BUT IS THIS THE KIND OF PLACE WHERE YOU HELP YOURSELF TO AN ENTIRE MUFFIN?

OR DO YOU TAKE A HALF, AND THEN HALF OF THAT HALF, AND THEN HALF OF A HALF OF A HALF, AND SO ON.

MY ORIENTATION BINDER IS THIS THICK, AND IT COVERS NONE OF THESE TOPICS.

I'LL HAVE TO TALK TO CHRISTINE ABOUT THAT.

OR IS IT CHRISSY?