iVent Vol. IV

Cubicle: a partially enclosed workspace, separated from neighboring work spaces by partitions that are usually five to six feet tall.

Since i was little and understood that one day i will have to work for a living, i swore to myself that i would avoid "cubicles" at all costs. An office where you sit at a desk...surrounded by borders. I couldn't imagine being able to sit still and be content in that little enclosed desk. This is another post about my intercession experience. Yes, it may be boring, but this is just my iVent.

As stated, i have been shadowing a professional photographer for a week who works at a newspaper. We have our own room, not a cubicle. It's a small 25 by 15 ft. or so, with a huge deadbolt door and two Mac computers. The room has boxes everywhere with files and discs, old newspapers, the works. Outside our little world, are cubicles, cubicles and more cubicles, where the reporters and editors and everyone else works. The first day of work, i stayed in our photography room and away from The Land of the Cubes. But as this week has progressed, i found myself going all over that land, visiting the editors and reporters, and being comfortable there. I know it isn't the cubicles that i like, i think it is just the environment. Everyone here knows everyone, about their kids and their home life. Everyone talks to one another like long lost friends, and they all care. It made me realize i wouldn't mind working in a little cube for the rest of my life as long as i was happy. Every employees cube is different too. Some have pictures of their families, some pictures of cats. Some have sticky notes galore, and some have wooden carvings of their name. I could tell everyone's personality before i even met them just by their little 5 by 5 cube. This intercession week was a great experience. I'm asking the boss later today if they have summer jobs.

The people at this newspaper aren't all "normal" and some people are probably turned off by that, but I'm not normal in the least bit! These people are so much like me and what i see myself being in my future. Later in life, i hope i don't judge a job by it's cubicle. I hope i judge it by the environment. I believe that is a good philosophy to live by. Metaphorically speaking, "Don't judge a job by it's cubicle".