“Why do you stay at this firm if you believe it is the source of all things evil?”
This is what my baby-faced shrink asked me today. Why I stay at an architecture firm where there is a lineup to go cry at the bathroom. There was also an episode where my boss (Micheal, Grand Poobah of Evil) threw a coffee mug at my cardboard model and I didn't sleep for 4 days.
It’s really hard to take a shrink seriously when he has rosy cheeks and baby fat, but his office is right outside my work and I somehow feel that if I don’t get professional help, I may crack.
‘My plan is to stay there at least 2 years. MOB has a very good portfolio and this can help raise my profile. I think I just have to suck it up for another 21 and quarter months.'
Babyface is scribbling on a notepad with a face of disapproval. I may pay him a lot... But I doubt he'll tell me what I want to hear (ie: "Most amazing plan known to mankind, this is utter genius!).
MOB is where I work. “Michael Owen Brown”. My friend Gen told me it’s NEVER a good idea to join a firm named after the principal. Agglomerations are acceptable (Saucier + Perotte, KPMB, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill). Firms named after one principal are a banner for self-centeredness. I try to elaborate on the subject with Babyface, but my time is up. He doesn't want to hear my rambles if he's not excessively renumerated to do so.
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