Orientation

This week in English we read several short stories, but the one that I enjoyed the most was “Orientation” by Daniel Orozco. It is a boss walking a new employee through the office and everything that you need to know about the office and how it operates. He tells him about all of the employees and a lot of gossip they are not suppose to talk about but share with others. It is like this higher up employee is walking the new comer through telling him everything, but then he is to forget all the information. Gossip is not allowed; they don’t care about personal lives, but they all know about each other’s personal problems. It almost seems like it is a disorientation. If this were a real orientation I would think that it was a joke.