Starting a new thread to document the delightful things I am finding out about joining the tech team at Monterey Bay Aquarium.
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wendy boucek for Kamalareplied to Adrianna Tan last edited by
@skinnylatte Your thread is the best - it sounds like you’ve landed (splashed into?) a most (moist) perfect environment. With all the fresh election disappointment around us, your posts are really brightening my day. I’m actually smiling - I can’t kelp (!) myself! 🦭
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Adrianna Tanreplied to wendy boucek for Kamala last edited by
@wendinoakland haha! best fishes!
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I adore that place! I could spend hours in the tunnel where the waves splash over you. It's so peaceful.
If you're a clam chowder fan, just a bit south (walking distance) there's a place called Vivolo's that has the best chowder I've ever had, and I've tried a lot of chowder!
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@deirdrebeth oh that's an amazing tip. thank you!
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16. My name tag was hand made by someone in the machine shop! We have in-house fabricators and crafts-people who make the things for all the exhibits
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17. I'm in a Bird Nerd channel. They share pics of birds found around the aquarium, which are.. a lot!
Today's finds: a great egret and a blue heron. A few days ago there was an osprey and a condor.
At one of my on-site interviews, someone stopped midway and said 'look out there's an albatross'
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I'm sure you'll be biking to work soon enough. Can probably pick up something rideable off craigslist.
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@artemesia i'm bringing my spare bike over on the train next week!
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@skinnylatte Omg I loved reading all of these tidbits! Congratulations and best of luck with your new job!!
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18. I have been scheduling social meet and greets with people who are on-site. Someone just sent me a calendar invite for 'let's take a lunchtime walk by the ocean'
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@farah hehe thanks for reading. it's keeping me.. afloat right now
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Tim W (admin (and human))replied to Adrianna Tan last edited by
@skinnylatte what's it used for? Can fish get themselves in trouble by swimming too deep or something? I have so many fascinated questions!
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Tim W (admin (and human))replied to Adrianna Tan last edited by
@skinnylatte sounds like as amazing of a workplace as it is a place to visit!
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Adrianna Tanreplied to Tim W (admin (and human)) last edited by
@tim the person next to me has been there 36 years and she still said you are gonna love it here I love it so much!!
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19. Apparently, octopus can’t cling to astroturf.
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20. Tino the octopus dislikes whitebait. The guy who works with him read a paper that says ‘whitebait is like cucumber to octopus’. Bland and too healthy. He ignores it completely
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Adrianna Tanreplied to Tim W (admin (and human)) last edited by
@tim there are some fish that live way down and when they have to come up, they can also get the bends, like a scuba diver
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Negative12DollarBillreplied to Adrianna Tan last edited by
@skinnylatte
My kid has seen so many sitcoms and comedy movies that he once asked me "does every adult hate their job?". I'm going to show him this thread. Your sense of joy is really infectious, thank you. -
@skinnylatte I think Tino is my new favorite Mastodon character. Thank you so much for sharing all this joy from work!
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@skinnylatte I guess I need to start doing these things at my work.
