City Visit

Part the First



Hmm, just been in Queen Street Mall, listening to a school band LOL, not like I have anything else to do - what movie was You're Just Too Good To Be True out of - think it's one of those landmark ones like - I've Got It By Golly - The Deer Hunter, the boys singing in the bar, god I love that scene...



So yeah, been for orientation, had a few tests, but no pass/fail ones - if I did extraordinarily bad on any of them, it SOUNDS like a retake please option. Hanging around town for another hour and a half for this hearing/sight thing - again, it sounds as though it will be do you need bigger text on the screen rather than bend over and cough thoroughness (ewww Paul LOL). Fingers crossed.



Anyways, my fellow tempees LOL, I'm the only guy (schweet) and most of the girls are a) slim and b) about the right age to consider dating (20s LOL), let's NOT get obsessed with one of them and get dead drunk at the Xmas party - a la IRD or Nestle LOL. Ack, with these pills I shouldn't really be having ANY alcohol. Ah well, wait and see how things go I guess.



Anyways, apart from the gender imbalance - there WILL be another guy and another girl starting on Tuesday, but I was the only guy there today - apart from the gender imbalance it felt very much like a Big Brother first episode. LOL everyone's quiet and nice the first meeting, but what personalities will come out?



Let's go around the table, Lisa, who's moved to Brissie from Canberra, has a boyfriend, worked for Kellys and Telstra in the past; Kimberley, fresh into the workforce from university; Jo, who is waiting around for her registration (nurse?) and is English; Rachel, who looks Indian and used to work in a bank; Sharon, fellow Kiwi, has a long term partner and kids; and Mel, who seems nice enough and has a piercing through her not quite chin, but you know, halfway between the mouth and chin? Lisa has a piercing at the corner of her laugh/smile lines. Anne and Wayne we get to meet on Tuesday.



LOL we will be working very closely with each other over the next three months apparently. LOL had an intranet info task on your headset, the tone of it (ie how important your headset is) reminded me of the gun indoctrination in Full Metal Jacket - LOL, well not quite grabbing the crotch! Yes, why I mentioned BB or perhaps a better analogy Survivor is thinking who will go to lunch with whom if anyone.



Ah well, at least people I know in Brisbane, apart from family, shrink, doctor and a couple distantish (in attitude) online contacts - and yes, LOL so far they is all women. This section of Telstra will be ramping up to fifty temps, and is due to them dropping the threshold of what a small business is, from $50K to $10K. LOL will I be Rupert, Boston Rob, Big Gay Al, Ruben or Clay LOL.



Bumped into Pam (Alex's girlfriend) in the Myer Centre, as I was headed to KFC (yes, true, on take out no doubt we will have chicken night duh me), just filled her in a bit. I was thinking of going to a movie, but nothing good was on at the appropriate time slot, so to fill in time I checked the walk from the train station to work (haven't used that term in a while) and it's about a five to ten minute walk - make it fifteen to be on the safe side.



Nice block, half of building, half is a park (have got ibises wandering around me at the moment). LOL and with this committed training (which i have NEVER had going into a job EVER) two weeks, throw another pop influence in there - Top Gun - GOOOOOSE! LOL, god your mind goes on tangents Paul... You've Lost That Loving Feeling indeed. Dress code is smart casual, but you can never go wrong with shirt and tie, and LOL gotta love the suit - maybe not the first wee while though...



Part the Second



I failed the sight test. Damocles sword over my head, and a huge sense of shame - it apparently won't endanger my job, but it's still not a good feeling, and that word, best practise, LOL not what always happens. The feeling 'why did you go for that job Paul, you knew you were going to fail' - eh, I panicked and just started reading as soon as possible, instead of take a deep breath and think and look for the smallest script I could read.



Add to that the fact that I also put my glasses on, and a huge sense of ugliness has also descended. Especially since this china doll perfect face girl is sitting opposite (on the train) - well, not opposite, but no one is sitting between her and my line of sight - I'm mentally begging someone to break the line of sight because I feel so much an ugly failure.



LOL time to see the shrink again Paul - bleah, I feel like the troll under the bridge.