I've been working at my summer internship for a few weeks now. How strange that June 1 marks one month of summer already. The climate in the Southeast has definitely messed with my biological clock - in Chicago, it's barely in the 70s yet - yet here is climbing steadily towards the 90s.
My summer office does interesting stuff and it's a great working environment to be in. However, there are a few glitches from time to time that have taken some getting used to. In my first week, I didn't really understand their paper recycling system. And this place is REALLY into recycling. So there were a few times where my supervisor said to me, "um, you know you can print double-sided here." And "um, we recycle paper. We use the paper that is printed on one side and print it on the other side and then we recycle it."
Got it.
Despite this lay-down of the office law, I couldn't really figure out where to recycle the paper or how to actually use the paper that is printed on one side because of all the three printers, I had never seen the double-sided feature used. So, because I couldn't figure out how to print double-sided, recycle the paper, or throw any paper away where someone wouldn't see it in the garbage, I just started taking scrap paper home and throwing it away in my own garbage. It sounds crazy, I know, but sometimes one's gotta make some tough choices to get along.
I have since figured out the recycling thing though, and thus spend several minutes a day moving one-sided paper around to the recycle printer tray and then to the two-sided paper recycle bin. Success! Added bonus: they allow you to order the pens you like (unlike my previous workplace where you had to BYO pen).
