O - Office Space

No, not the movie I'm talking about my office space here in Bots. You see, I've been kind of spoiled since graduating from college and have always had my own office. Therefore sharing an office with my counterparts in Molepolole (Nancy and then Mma Maphane) took some adjusting. I think that sharing an office in the US probably wouldn't be that bad. Here, however, it usually means usually means that your officemate will go through your desk or rearrange the stuff on your desk at anytime. That was pretty annoying. For example, the DHT didn't keep toilet paper in the bathroom. Instead the supplies lady (Mma Noko) would come around every couple of weeks and issue everyone their own roll. (They also did this with pens.) I tended not to use my whole roll and usually had more than one hiding in a desk drawer. If I was gone for a day it was guaranteed that any stockpile of TP would be gone. When I came to BOTUSA I originally shared a portacabin that had several desks in an open space. Within a few days, however, construction was complete on a new portacabin with actual offices and I was the first to move in. I was thrilled to find out that not only would I have my own office but it came completely furnished with guest chairs and a bookshelf. I will never take having my own office for granted again.