The First Step Into the Workplace

An internship sits in the narrow gap between being a student and being employed. Calling yourself a newbie sounds a little too green, while calling yourself an intern somehow feels a bit too ordinary, so let’s call it a micro-junior!

It just so happens that Sudo has recently welcomed a lot of new micro-juniors. As one of them, how exactly do you enter the workplace? How can you quickly create interactions with your coworkers? Today, KK will take everyone behind Sudo’s curtain and use the most real examples to tell you how to get up close and personal with your coworkers

This Issue’s Special Feature: Sudo’s Unwritten Rules Revealed

Reading note: This article will reveal Sudo’s most bare-bones unwritten rules!

The First Step Into Sudo – Buying Tofu Pudding?

You read that right: tofu pudding.

When you first walk into the office, you’ll notice everyone staring at you with strange expressions. There seems to be a glint in their eyes—hmm…? A sly glint, perhaps. Is that the look of people welcoming a new arrival? No, a better description would be cunning.

“The new person is responsible for ordering tofu pudding!”

So it turns out that to get into Sudo, besides the interview, there’s another hidden level: ordering tofu pudding!

Using Tofu Pudding to Pay Respects?

This ritual has clearly been around for years, to the point that there’s even a bot on Slack keeping a record of the tofu pudding menu. The people at Sudo have a kind of near-crazy love for tofu pudding—or for food in general.

work hard、of course also eat a lot.

Sudo’s micro-juniors must pass the tofu pudding ordering test.

Don’t underestimate ordering tofu pudding. Anyone who has ever done it knows that, while it seems simple, it actually contains many small details.

• Choosing flavors
• Change
• Getting the quantity right
• Sweetness and ice
• Making phone calls
• Sorting
• All kinds of strange preferences (for example: no tofu pudding)

Sometimes someone will cut in line, or suddenly jump in and say +1, or cancel halfway through an order. There are really quite a lot of situations to deal with! For newcomers, this is a challenge—but also a chance to make a good impression.

Ordering Tofu Pudding Can Be More Than Just Tofu Pudding

Did you notice? At first, it seemed like this was just coworkers satisfying their craving for tofu pudding (and in fact, that does seem to be part of it), but as you read on, it actually becomes a clever way to interact with coworkers.

By taking the opportunity to ask coworkers about their preferences, you also let them get to know you. I think that’s probably the hidden meaning behind this ritual! Once there’s a good reason—ordering tofu pudding—interaction between newcomers and coworkers becomes less awkward, and both sides can naturally leave a strong impression on each other.

Closing Thoughts

The first step into Sudo is ordering tofu pudding. If you apply that to the workplace, maybe it really could work. Next time, why not take the initiative and say: “How about I help order it…?”

When you see the grateful look in your coworkers’ eyes, it somehow feels worth it, doesn’t it?

“Did you order tofu pudding today?”

In the next article, the editor will take you behind the glamorous Sudo girls and reveal the lesser-known side of them.