Business Cards
I just got business cards for my job at Caltech! Yay for me. I feel very professional now.
“No, really, I work at Caltech. See, here’s a business card.”
Of course, this is a bit of a bad omen, since at every other place I have worked, getting business cards was a sure sign that the job was just about over. I have tons of unused business cards at home, still in their boxes. I keep all the boxes stacked up in plain sight in my room, as a memorial. Or a warning, or something. Just seems like there’s some lesson there that I need to make sure I don’t forget. Like, start paying attention when they get you business cards.
The most classic business-card experience was at my most recent employer (which shall remain nameless). I got a box of 500 brand new business cards, and within a month they gave me an ultimatum to relocate or quit. Classic! All 500 cards are still sitting pristinely in their box. I got to use zero of them.
So, hopefully I will start a new trend, and keep my Caltech job for many years. Even though I just got new business cards…