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First Day Jitters

Your impatience fuels my nervousness when you breathe down my neck The confidence I thought I had is keeping me in check. Adrenaline starts seepin' in and trips the 'fight-or-flight' My heart beats so it looks as though I won't sleep well tonight. The training team you put me with thinks I'm an idiot! I can't grasp what they're talkin' about I'm just not 'gettin' it I hope tomorrow will be good 'least better than today This first day on the job was tough I don't know if I'll stay!

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Cheryl Hoffman

Date: 1/4/2018 8:03:00 PM

This is a great little relatable poem Gayle; I remember first day on the job being like that for me too and that was 10 years ago! Enjoyed!~Che :)

Agnes Krampe

Date: 9/28/2017 11:32:00 AM

First days can be nerve wracking. If this is autobiographical, I hope things got better.

Gayle Rodd
Date: 9/28/2017 12:03:00 PM

Thank you for reading Agnes. Yeah, I think pieces of this were actually from my first day, but by the second or third day I'd forgotten about it!

Neil Kruger

Date: 9/19/2017 3:35:00 PM

that doesn't sound like fun. hope you came out the other side a winner