It's my first day at work

[99bottles]

It's my first day at work, and/but my colleagues already dislike me.

l know that, logically, I should put but, but something inside me tells me to put and.

 

[5jj]

Do so then.

 

[Jemima23]

Not a teacher.

I'd say it depends on what you want to convey with the sentence. I feel like the first option is more matter-of-fact, and the second says: "Just my luck!" (or that's how it sounds to me, at least).

 

[99bottles]

Not a teacher.

I'd say it depends on what you want to convey with the sentence. I feel like the first option is more matter-of-fact, and the second says: "Just my luck!" (or that's how it sounds to me, at least).

Wait, which one says Just my luck? And or but?

 

[5jj]

It's my first day at work, and/but my colleagues already dislike me.

Jemima said the first option is more matter-of-fact, and the second says: "Just my luck!"

 

[jutfrank]

Jemima said the first option is more matter-of-fact, and the second says: "Just my luck!"

I'd say it's entirely the other way around. It's the and that says 'just my luck!'.

I assume that's what Jemima23 meant to say too. And it's the sense of irony given by and that I think 99bottles is picking up.

 

[Tarheel]

I might use "only" there, thus:

It's only my first day at work, and my colleagues already dislike me.

Yes, I'm pretty sure I'd use "only" there.