When the enhetschef asks if anyone could volonteer to take anteckningar at the planeringsdagar.

When utlandsmyndigheterna in the konfliktländer have demanded extra förstärkning to handle the huge tasks nästa år.

When you are listening to the expeditionschef explaining the latest omorganisering of the funktionella enheter.

When you as praktikant has worked dag och natt to get that eftertraktade two months sommarvikariat and the senior handläggare takes all the credit for the arbete you have done.

The entusiastisk response when you have explained the huvudskäl why you are best suited to flank the utrikesminister during her next visit to the Vita Huset.

When you participate in a five hour rådsarbetsgruppsmöte in Brussels about horisontella frågor in the CSFP-related budget regulation.

When you missed a dead line and are trapped inside the new web-based gränssnitt, EU-punkten, where no one can hear you skrika.

When there is fredagsfika and your colleague is serving frukt and juice instead of kardemumma- and vaniljelängd.

When the enhetschef finally finds out that you actually don't know kanslifranska.

When your kollega from a funktionell enhet tells you at a geografisk enhet about their two month deadline

When one of your formuleringar ends up as a bisats in the utrikesdeklaration.

When asked about the best way to achieve koherens between the Swedish handelsintressen and arms export with human rights and fattigdomsbekämpning.

When you’ve just sent an  e-postmeddelande to the utrikesråd and realise you’ve put a praktikant in front of the enhetschef on the kopia.

When the allmänna utlysning for the utlandsposter next year is publicerad.

When the gruppchef manages to pass on the very big beställning from the Ministerkansliet to the other division.

When you have övertygat your enhetschef that you actually arbetar much more effektivt from home.

When you just anlänt to your new posteringsland and managed to greet the ambassadchaufför in the lokala språk.

The reaction from your kompis from home when you syns in the back of a gruppfoto from the utrikesministers most recent Brysselbesök.

When the kabinettsekreterare calls you in to test the hälsningar in amarinja you tought him ahead of the Ethiopian nationaldag.

When your gruppchef insits on taking the uteväg to the Ministerkansliet.