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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29. There was an internal division competition called Punderdome.
The person who writes most of the puns on our social media won it
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30. While standing in line for the employee taco truck catering I met a guy who has a database of best tacos around here through to Santa Cruz. He has 90 spots right now. I’m going to befriend him
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31. Hallway convo.
‘Why are you so tired?’ ‘I’ve been carrying leopard sharks’
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@skinnylatte I feel like this should all be part of the recruiting pitch. I’m ready to move to California and volunteer to be part of the organization. It just sounds incredible.
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@skinnylatte Are you also responsible for public relations in this regard? Just curious given I keep hearing about your place on the DougDoug channel (and of course about your former best otter mom Rosa).
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@Natanox no I am not
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32. I attended a standup meeting among the otter people. It was otterly awesome
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Mark Connolly 🍻 🚴🏼♀️ (he, him, his)replied to Adrianna Tan last edited by
@skinnylatte Otter than awesome standups, how are you enjoying your new job?
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33. I walked by a poster. ‘There’s no aluminum in this cage. It’s not nickel either. It is a nickel less cage.’ (Photo of the actor)
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34. I’ve been added to a queer group. ‘The aqueerium’
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@skinnylatte You can never leave this job. Ever. Those are the rules now.
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@lemay I’ve met so many people here 10, 20, 36.. years omg
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35. I asked someone what a conference room was called. They said (seabird name). Unprompted, she grumbled: totally inaccurate. The room only has photos of pelicans. It’s not right. It’s the wrong bird. No attention to details.
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@skinnylatte are you going to be physically in the Monterey area because if so then we're going to be neighbors and we'll probably bump into each other at one of the aquarium-social-sphere parties
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@douglasvb I’m here half the week! Happy to do something
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(Did you know there is a photo version of this thread)
Adrianna Tan (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image New employee orientation at Monterey Bay Aquarium #Monterey #Nature #Marine
Hachyderm.io (hachyderm.io)
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@deirdrebeth this is spectacular and it is 1 min from my office. I will be coming often in the winter evenings
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Adrianna Tanreplied to Mark Connolly 🍻 🚴🏼♀️ (he last edited by
@uxmark I love it!!
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Paul-Gabriel Wienerreplied to Adrianna Tan last edited by
@skinnylatte Fun thread. I'm glad you're enjoying the work. That brightened my day. Love the marine puns. That really tipped the scales. I hope your eel tank says "That's a moray!"
Curious: Have you or your coworkers tried the anime Aquatope On White Sand? It's about working at an aquarium. No spoilers, but it's a really touching show, and an interesting look behind the scenes.
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Adrianna Tanreplied to Paul-Gabriel Wiener last edited by
@WearsHats haven’t seen the anime, so thanks for the rec!
