Welcome To The Rat Race

You know that you're in the rat race when:

1) You have to get up so frikkin early in the morning (especially when commuting from one place to another
2) You and thousands of others try to cram their way onto the escalator to the trains
3) You and thousands of others have to wait for hours (well it seems like hours) before the passengers that are already on the train have disembarked; and after which we try to cram ourselves into the train
4) You drink coffee before you start, and then during every break or whenever you get the chance to

Well the 4th one I've managed to avoid so far, I do my best to avoid becoming a coffeeholic, maxing at 2 cups a day. I see others though, that do 2 cups per break O_o

And despite how chaotic the traffic sounds, it's still only when commuting between cities. I still shudder at the total anarchy that happens every weekday in a city like London or New York.

But anyways, I probably should start at the beginning. I recently moved from Groningen to Utrecht, where I found a job as a trainee in "effecten administratie" or securities administration, basically processing everything that has to do with stocks, obligations, etc. Not exactly my area of expertise, but close enough. At least (or I should say "at last") I'm starting a fulltime job, hopefully with enough growth potential.

Now the first thing we get is a training, after which our recruiter finds us a company to work for. The training itself is held in Amsterdam, which means I'll have to commute there every day of the training. Which is fine by itself (it's not really that far, 20-30 or so), but not when every-frikkin-body else has to do the same thing. After about a week of information cramming, we'll be starting our new jobs. I can hardly wait.

*Update*

I'm not sure whether it's the reorganization of our rectuiter (which recently got taken over by another company) or whether they just don't know what they're doing... Either way, I'm still sitting at home enjoying my freedom, as they haven't found anything for me yet. That's right, I'm getting paid to sit at home doing nothing. Alright, there's some studying to do, but student mentality has worked for me so far (cramming everything in the last couple of days before the exam). They say the average time before dispatch is about 2-4 weeks. I'm at three already..