I do not think that I betray any confidences by mentioning that $WORKPLACE has pulled in me and my counterpart because things have become very busy for them very fast. So our training is proceeding at a breakneck pace, and we are doing a grab bag of things, including stuff that involves answering questions from their clients.
One exchange, yesterday, went approximately thus:
$CLIENT: "Do you know about X?"
Me: "Uh, I can look it up."
Him: "Are you new?"
Me: "Yep, they just pulled a few people in because things were very busy."
Him: "This is what I need."
Me: "Hmm, yes; have you also considered ___?"
Him: "OMG WOW I NEVER CONSIDERED THAT YOU ARE A GENIUS I HAVE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS 30 YEARS AND YOU HAVE ONLY -- uh, when exactly did you start?"
Me (somewhat smugly): "Thursday."
Him: "All right, Thursday, so what else have you got for me?"
I have been slowly but surely festooning my cube with little hand-drawn index card signs. The first one that I put up on my first day had my (given) name. The second one was a little rocket ship. The third one was an admonition about the proper operation of the Clippings extension for Firefox. And so on.
After the conversation with that guy, I pulled down my name-card and added "Thursday" to it. :D
One exchange, yesterday, went approximately thus:
$CLIENT: "Do you know about X?"
Me: "Uh, I can look it up."
Him: "Are you new?"
Me: "Yep, they just pulled a few people in because things were very busy."
Him: "This is what I need."
Me: "Hmm, yes; have you also considered ___?"
Him: "OMG WOW I NEVER CONSIDERED THAT YOU ARE A GENIUS I HAVE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS 30 YEARS AND YOU HAVE ONLY -- uh, when exactly did you start?"
Me (somewhat smugly): "Thursday."
Him: "All right, Thursday, so what else have you got for me?"
I have been slowly but surely festooning my cube with little hand-drawn index card signs. The first one that I put up on my first day had my (given) name. The second one was a little rocket ship. The third one was an admonition about the proper operation of the Clippings extension for Firefox. And so on.

After the conversation with that guy, I pulled down my name-card and added "Thursday" to it. :D