First impressions

Yesterday I started a new job in a corporate environment. I felt pretty confident in my perfectly well ironed shirt however that came to a halt at about 10h30 in the morning. Earlier on I'd been given a tour of the place and shown where the bathroom was. To get there you have to go through this heavy fire door and to come back to the office you need to swipe your pass in order to open it.

Anyway around 10h30 on that first day, I had to go to the bathroom so I walked past all my new colleagues desk showing off my newly ironed shirt ( it's quite a big place ) and entered the small corridor that led to the security door.

I turned the handle and pushed outward but the door didn't open. I tried a second time harder but it wouldn't budge, after the 5th time, I started to think that maybe I had to swipe my card coming from the inside as well.

I started to look around me but found nothing unusual except for this white switch on the wall and I thought that it must be it. That must be the switch for the door, it's the only explanation ! So I flicked the switch and....and.....wait for it.......


.........the whole office got plunged into darkness ! doh !



I finally worked out that you had to pull the door towards you first before pushing it out but let me tell you that when I came out of the bathroom I just tried to blend in with the environment and I wished that my shirt had a camo pattern on it.

It's quite amazing because I recall another story which involved a bathroom door, it was in one of my first jobs here in Australia.

The guys I worked with were real pranksters and when someone went to the bathroom they often turned the light switch off. Since there was no windows, the room would become pitch black and you couldn't even see your hand in front of your face.


Being the new guy at the time, they played that trick on me, it didn't really bother me because I was just about to step out of the cubicle when they switched the light off however when I went to push the door it wouldn't open.

I tried again and nothing happened, well it moved but there was some resistance, I thought that maybe my colleagues had stuck a chair under the door handle which would have explained why it wouldn't open. I dreaded the thought of having to call for help, I mean those guys would have made fun of me forever so instead I kicked the door, I heard a big bang and it opened. I walked up to the light switch and turn it on. Well.....I'd kicked the door right out of its hinges...and furthermore there was no chair on the otherside...I realised later that the door opened inward not outward !!!!

No one has ever found out who broke the door of that cubicle.....:P