At Work

Query: I spend 40+ (ish) hours a week here. That's technically only a little less than 1/4 of my time. So why does it feel like I live here?

Does anyone know of a good female doctor on the Eastside? I’ve gotten various and sundry recommendations for doctors in Seattle, doctors in Renton, male doctors, good female doctors with really long waiting lists, and naturopaths. But no good female doctors in Bellevue. If I don’t hear of one soon, I might end up calling the one in Renton, God forbid!

Work’s going pretty well! Every pay day one of the bosses personally hands out the paychecks and thanks us. Who works here? Well…

There’s Tong, who is from China. He’s our CAD whiz, wandering around the office in workout pants fixing our issues by using a variety of incomprehensible shortcuts. His speakers play classical music so softly that at first you wonder if you’re hearing things. He works here part-time, when we need him and at whim, and moonlights (under the sun) the rest of the week. He recently took a road trip, driving his daughter to her first year at MIT.

Going around the office, the next is Kee. The bosses like to tease him about the way he says things, “Still doing!” (when he’s asked how a project is going) and “I don’t have a crew!” (instead of “clue”). Kee’s just a few years older than me – his job title is “designer” (the next step above my “intern”). He’s from Malasia, his wife works at Microsoft, and he gets worked up/excited quite easily. He and John recently took me out to an obscure Chinese lunch buffet.

Randy’s only in the office half the time, coming in from smoking a cigar for a quick cup of coffee:) He often does his computer work early in the morning, then spends the rest of the day meeting clients. As Dave likes to say, “He has the golden tongue.” Oh, and he’s the one who hired me. His church bought my church’s old building and did some fancy acoustic remodeling, which I have yet to see.

I’ll do the other half of the folks later. Who could possibly balance out these people?!