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Starting a new job is always slightly unnerving.
You want to make a quick, positive impression but you don’t know how everything works so you often end up asking ridiculous questions just to work out how to get through the day. To make it worse, you know people are judging your every move and so you can often end up presenting a side of you that really isn’t you at the very time you need to be showing exactly who you are and what you can do.
So while I am still on my probation at R/GA, I was kind-of happy they said they wanted to take a photo of me so they could use it in some material.
The happiness wasn’t because I love my photo taken [would you with a face like mine?] it’s because by them wanting publicly acknowledge I work for them, it seems I’m doing OK.
I say ‘seems’, because this is the photo they have ended up using.

They took quite a few pictures.
Some are – even by my ‘hate myself’ standards – OK.
And yet they ended up choosing the most ‘mischievous, caught in the act of evil, I’m-going-to-fuck-with-you, prepare-for-hell’ photo they could find, which can only mean this is their way of telling me I have 3 months to convince them to keep me because right now, they think I am a bit of an asshole.
Unfortunately, this only makes me like them and respect them more.
Damnit.
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I think they captured the essence of you perfectly. Both in the image taken and the colour format they used.
Comment by George March 14, 2019 @ 6:19 amSo much for being ‘nice guy George’.
On the positive, Andy will be proud of you for once.
Comment by Rob March 14, 2019 @ 8:04 amyou took your fucking time auntie.
Comment by andy@cynic March 14, 2019 @ 4:27 pmhttps://youtu.be/QYDy4oSegNQ
Comment by Bazza March 14, 2019 @ 6:22 am👏 👏👏
Comment by George March 14, 2019 @ 6:28 amDamn you Baz.
Though I laughed … which makes me doubly disappointed with myself.
Comment by Rob March 14, 2019 @ 8:03 amfor once in your life baz, you did something good.
Comment by andy@cynic March 14, 2019 @ 4:27 pmI agree with George and Baz. Plus I’ve seen much worse photos of you in my time Rob.
Comment by Pete March 14, 2019 @ 6:53 amThat is also true Pete … basically any photo from my teens is worse than this and that’s saying something.
Comment by Rob March 14, 2019 @ 8:04 amNot just your teen years Rob. I have evidence.
Comment by Pete March 14, 2019 @ 8:25 amcampbells face is a better form of contraception than a 12 condom covered prick. jill is a fucking saint.
Comment by andy@cynic March 14, 2019 @ 4:27 pmI guess it could have been worse (better?)… they could have used a picture of your stock photo-twin.
Comment by Gus March 14, 2019 @ 8:13 amWouldn’t that be better for everyone?
Comment by Pete March 14, 2019 @ 8:25 amExcept the stock photo twin.
A missed opportunity, yes.
Comment by Gus March 14, 2019 @ 5:36 pmYou seem to have overlooked the obvious reason that the photo is to be issued to security so that they know who to keep out of the building.
Comment by John March 14, 2019 @ 9:39 amjesus fucking christ.
Comment by andy@cynic March 14, 2019 @ 4:26 pm