day one

Yesterday was my first day as a Primary Inspector with l’Agence canadienne d’inspection des aliments aka the CFIA. It is exciting! I have my own cubical, my own hardhat with a CFIA Inspector sticker on the front, and even a flashlight. The most exciting part about my first day was an event that happened during the last 30 minutes. There was some excitement surrounding ground beef, when I got home it was the lead story on the 6 O'clock news.

Today I created my email signature - so I had to figure out my name, title, department, address, phone # and fax in French. Thank goodness for Google translation tools. I even have a card that teaches me to say I cannot understand French (phonetically). I can also say Please wait here and some other great phrases like follow me please

Un agent bilingue sera ici dans un moment
(uhn ajan beelang sera essee dan zuhn momen)