Supposed to start a freelance gig this morning. Showed up 10min early. It's now 25min past the start time and as best I can tell no one is in the office yet to let me in. 😑

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You are on the clock. It's on them

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Perfectly normal. Just get a coffee and bill for the day.

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@SS1, yes! Only took a chance encounter with my on site sup. Apparently the phones are broken and the bell wasn't working. Sooooo. Yeah. Good peeps once I got in though.

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My first day on the job, i was waiting over an hour in the lobby for someone to come welcome me

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I've gone 2 days at a job without a computer to work from.. So I second what SAD1 said.

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That's always a good sign

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Wow....

OP, did you eventually get in?

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