When I arrived at my desk for the first time about three days ago it was sparsely populated. There was a computer, a mouse pad (with mouse), and several sporadic notes directed towards those that were already working. Since I've been there my desk has been overrun with notes I will never use, because I am not going to get into touch with people who have these products, a few pictures of friends, kids from my previous job, and some girley office supplies.
I also introduced index cards into the line-up. Index cards worked well, unitl I realized that I could go through a good pack of 100 a day if I was working the way the management wanted me to. That's why, this weekend I went to the grocery store and stood in front of the office supply aisle for a good twenty minutes deciding which supplies to pick-up. School aged children and adults who have their jobs down to a science came and went while I picked up index cards, small post-its, big post-its, bright post its, small post-its, big notebooks, closed notebooks, open notebooks, small notebooks, and even a variety of dry erase boards. In the end I chose a variety of medium sized post-its that I could write large things on and could put all over my desk.
This all over my desk thing was fun for the first few hours of the day until I realized I have about 10 call backs to make. So, the post-its moved their way over to picture section of my desk in a timely fashion, earliest in the front, latest in the back. Post-its that would not be receiving a phone call in return were turned over and recycled.
I thought this recycling thing would work. Throughout school it was always a good thing to take notes. Well. apparently it really isn't in the real world, because the only successful part of the day was when I didn't take notes on those recycled post-its. But, as I've heard so many people say, "It is what it is."
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