This is Spring Break. I'm interning downtown in Seattle all week long. It's nice to be back in the city; I forgot how much I enjoy the energy and the excitement of being downtown.
It might have been less exciting if I were on the end of town with which I am most familiar. Since I'm on the other side, the "financial district" end, I spent some time at lunch puzzling out where streets went and how they connected. Lots of the downtown buildings connect underground, but I've never been through the tunnels in this area. It was cool to walk around at lunch, get my photo taken for the building ID badge (required due to 'orange alert' status), and be a part of a law firm.
Although, it's sort of, shall we say, having growing pains. Stuff is in boxes all through the hallway as the firm will be moving into new space once that space is remodeled. As I did some filing, the paralegal who also works for my attorney noted that I need to be careful of the cabinet's top drawer; it doesn't pull open and is taped up to keep it from collapsing into the drawer beneath it. My "new" desk ("If you don't like it, we can trade it in," enthused my attorney. Another partner snorted, "Where? at the dump?") is tin, covered with fake laminate that's peeled off the corners. The LAN guy set up a spare laptop for me to use and as he wired it to the network, I noticed my desk sagging sideways. I held the desk up while one of the partners crawled under it with a Leatherman tool to tighten the screws holding the legs onto it. Heh. Then I realized, I haven't got a chair, so one of the other paralegals and I went looking for one. There aren't any spares and after determining that we can't order any new furniture (because once the office is remodeled, new furniture is supposed to be coming), he told me to swipe a chair from the conference room. "But don't take either of the ones by the window," he cautioned. "One of them is missing a wheel and the other one has a wheel ready to fall off." My attorney has a penchant for buying office equipment on eBay and I overheard other staff people gently poking fun at his desire to save money this way.
Well. That certainly puts the financial footing of law firms in a new perspective. :)
The day ended on a funny note. I caught the elevator with one of the other folks from the office and we chatted as we walked thru one of the building's tunnels. He said, "So! I hear you're right out of school! Did you just graduate from high school?" I had to laugh, "Er, no, but thanks!" Hehehehe. Day One over. Ready for Day Two.
It might have been less exciting if I were on the end of town with which I am most familiar. Since I'm on the other side, the "financial district" end, I spent some time at lunch puzzling out where streets went and how they connected. Lots of the downtown buildings connect underground, but I've never been through the tunnels in this area. It was cool to walk around at lunch, get my photo taken for the building ID badge (required due to 'orange alert' status), and be a part of a law firm.
Although, it's sort of, shall we say, having growing pains. Stuff is in boxes all through the hallway as the firm will be moving into new space once that space is remodeled. As I did some filing, the paralegal who also works for my attorney noted that I need to be careful of the cabinet's top drawer; it doesn't pull open and is taped up to keep it from collapsing into the drawer beneath it. My "new" desk ("If you don't like it, we can trade it in," enthused my attorney. Another partner snorted, "Where? at the dump?") is tin, covered with fake laminate that's peeled off the corners. The LAN guy set up a spare laptop for me to use and as he wired it to the network, I noticed my desk sagging sideways. I held the desk up while one of the partners crawled under it with a Leatherman tool to tighten the screws holding the legs onto it. Heh. Then I realized, I haven't got a chair, so one of the other paralegals and I went looking for one. There aren't any spares and after determining that we can't order any new furniture (because once the office is remodeled, new furniture is supposed to be coming), he told me to swipe a chair from the conference room. "But don't take either of the ones by the window," he cautioned. "One of them is missing a wheel and the other one has a wheel ready to fall off." My attorney has a penchant for buying office equipment on eBay and I overheard other staff people gently poking fun at his desire to save money this way.
Well. That certainly puts the financial footing of law firms in a new perspective. :)
The day ended on a funny note. I caught the elevator with one of the other folks from the office and we chatted as we walked thru one of the building's tunnels. He said, "So! I hear you're right out of school! Did you just graduate from high school?" I had to laugh, "Er, no, but thanks!" Hehehehe. Day One over. Ready for Day Two.
posted by Owl Chick at 3/24/2003 08:21:00 PM
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