Windows 7 blog the-dork-badge

Cause # 35 of why I get pleasure from operating at Microsoft …. My dork badge I have always loved my dork badge … from the moment at New Employee Orientation when the instructors warned us never to wear it in public for fear that reporters would hound us (um,Office 2007, that’s never happened) to the time Brian Valentine sent an angry email to the company, chiding certain employees for wearing their dork badges at a local restaurant while talking shop. I love that everyday when I get ready to walk out the door, I clip on my dork badge and am reminded of my 22 year old self … dressed in my favorite tank top (what was I thinking?), eager to start a new adventure. I love that, even after operating at the company for several years,Microsoft Office 2007 Professional, I still forget to consider it off in public. Well, I don’t love that I do that, but I do appreciate a good giggle and a self-directed eye-roll when I realize I’m trying to look super cool while shopping for new threads with the mark of the geek hanging right off of my belt. I love that my dog,Windows 7, Oliver, fears my dork badge. One authoritative thrust of the badge in his general direction, and he’s hiding in the other room. And I love that my other dog,Windows 7 64 Bit, Duncan,Office 2007 Professional, eagerly eyes my dork badge everyday … dreaming of the time he can steal it and eat it. ( … which I hope he doesn’t do because now Security makes you consider a new picture, and I don’t want to say good-bye to that 22 year old girl in the black tank top.) So that is my ode to the dork badge. (See, I told you cough medicine was crazy stuff.) gretchen