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hey there. so sorry to trouble you, mg, but do you have any tape? i ran completely out putting up my fourth of july decorations. last year i did bastille day decorations, too, but not this year.

hm.

and you know i wouldn't miss an opportunity to put up decorations for just any old reason. but those french... we won't be celebrating their national thanksgiving any time soon, not in my cubicle. anywho, can i borrow your tape?

yeah, sure. but i didn't realize there were any holidays coming up?

oh, it's not a holiday. i'm just decorating the interns' room for them. i want them to feel welcome here. i heard they're getting them set up in that big old supply closet when they get done with orientation tomorrow, and i want to make it a little homier for them. see? i have these letters that spell out welcome, and shiny smiley faces, and look how adorable this little kitten poster is! i took that right off my own cubicle wall. i wonder how they ever got them untangled from all that yarn?

hmm.

and look! i wanted the one to feel comfortable, so i got a map of africa to put up.

africa? i have to ask, joanne, how is that going to make them comfortable?

didn't you hear? one of them is actually from africa. i haven't met him personally, but that's what i heard. guyana, i think. or is it new guinea? so many countries there that sound alike, i don't know how they tell them apart. either way, i think it will show them how much we know and care about their culture.

hmm, i think you're right about that.