Orientation Stories

"This tour guide doesn't know what he's talking about. You don't need to go all the way to the student union for lunch — the coffee shop at the library is better, faster and cheaper than the cafeteria. The selection isn't quite as wide, but...""Listen, I appreciate your insight, but you really don't need to be here. It is 'new student' orientation, after all, not 'new student and chaperone.'""We aren't the only mother and...

All her classmates sayThat she must be gayThat she's strange and unadaptedWith her short black hairAnd the clothes she'll wearThat she'll never be acceptedThat she had deniedEvery boy that triedThat she would not let them nearAnd that sealed her fateShe just can't be straightMaybe even one to fearBut her lifetime longThey all have been wrongThough they fail to comprehendThat she's never been What they thought they'd seenT...

After receiving word that I had been offered a position as a dealer, I was automatically scheduled for a 3 day orientation class. Thankfully all my friends were also there, so it was tolerable. After that ended, we returned to the gaming academy to learn more card games, except now we were being paid to attend.I was among a small group that were fitted for uniforms almost immediately, it seemed there was a shortage of uni...