Woke up around 6:00 am to find a coffee shop before heading off to work. I came across Café Doc where I ordered a Caffé con latte (similar to an American Macciato but much stronger) So I got to work around 7:30 but the building doesn’t open till 8. It turns out that the building is only open from 8 to 8 M-F, which I like because it will prevent me from staying late and coming in on the weekends. J Once I made it inside, I needed to find a European to American adapter for my laptop. This is when Stephano, our IT technician, came to the rescue.
Around 9:30 I met with Roberto, the AE manager, where we discussed the logistics of the department. We currently have 5 AEs; Marco, Giuseppe, Filippo, Raffaella, and Fabio. Jaime is also an AE who is visiting from Spain. We also have three ISRs, two CSRs, and everyone is on the same floor. So if you need to pick something up from the RMA coordinator, you can just turn your head and yell. haha
Lunch time was near so practically everyone in the office stopped what they were doing and packed up for lunch. We all met down in the lobby and headed out to lunch together. We walked down the street to “Bon Appetito”. It was a cafeteria style serving with all the pasta and pizza you could order! After lunch, we came back to the office for our routine coffee break at the espresso machine. Everyone gathers around and Filippo pays for everyone. Haha (j/j he paid this time but everyone switches off)
Towards the end of the day I met another Filippo, ASM for Italy, who actually used to be Giuseppe Cirigioni’s ASM when he was a DSM… this reminds me, I need to get some old stories on Giuseppe. J I also met Luigie, who is the certified teaching instructor (CTI) for NI Italy.
I ended up staying at the office till around 7:30 getting used to my new location which included learning how to type on an Italian keyboard. The punctuation is completely different! For example, if you hit shift + 9, then you get a question mark. Craziness! I ended up getting home around 8ish and crashed till Friday morning.
Love the round of the 3 updates I got to read this morning; looks like you’re already getting used to their style of work and play. ^_~ I fully expect you to come back with fluent Italian skills, European clothes, and a heavy coffee addiction.