New York New York

This week has been a change of pace since I am in New York City for training. The best part was that I got to come up to visit friends for the whole weekend and my company paid for it. That's a nice little perk. However, the boringness that is training barely makes the free trip exciting.

Weekends in NYC are crazy, hands down. I was able to meet up with friends from school that I hadn't seen in awhile on Friday night, then met some new friends on Saturday night. It's great when everyone invites friends from home, work, etc. because your socially network grows exponentially. Although you aren't going to be using it for business purposes on a Saturday night, these are good contacts for the future. Also, shopping is also amazing. If you are here, go to SoHo. Yes girls, I am talking to you. You can get lots of cute stuff without breaking the bank, it's a steal.

So that brings me to Monday, the dreaded first day of training. I'm pretty sure that all training is pretty boring so I can't really complain. I was expecting it. While it's nice to learn all about the program that I am in and where we fall within the entire firm, I have heard it all before. The days go by so slow and though I am sure I will take away some valuable information, sitting and listening for 8 straight hours is difficult. The best things I have learned this week have been about business etiquette and business writing, which I think will be applicable when I return to work next week. You'd think that people know all about etiquette, but you'd be surprised. Many of my co-workers went out for Halloween last night and about twelve of them showed up late for training this morning. That is absolutely unacceptable. Other talk during the presentations to their neighbor. It is really very rude. Every time I see things like this I make a mental note to myself to NEVER do anything like that. I'm sure I'll have more to say about that before the week is over.