What does it mean when a team leader who you don't know that well, but who was on the interview panel a few months ago to give you the job, comes up and ruffles you on the shoulder (I tried to think of a better word than ruffles, but thought that was kinda most appropriate) when you say you were ten minutes late into work? Very odd, but maybe she's just a touchy feely kind of person - whereas I, even with my best friends, am still very protective of my personal space, ESPECIALLY at work. Or maybe I have just become one of the cool kids, after all these years :)
So yeah, was ten minutes late into work - caught the bus, stupid me. But even though I am in the outer suburbs, you would still think it would take less than an hour to get into town? There are two bus routes that go past in the morning, one drops you off on the corner of work, and the other one in the centre of town, eight minutes hard walking away. And guess which one I caught running up to, getting the driver to wait for me, and realising it was the wrong one. But still hopping on it, I obviously have a great deal of guilt about holding up buses LOL.
Had a kebab for lunch - the first time in like weeks months years that I haven't had a felafel, and actually had meat in a kebab. Had barbeque sauce and it was sooooooooo good - it was yum (and my mind goes back to one of those email scandals a few years ago, anyone remember the 'yours is yum' fiasco?). Although of course now I have to wash my mind out, my kebab was not yum in that way whatsoever LOL. The second sauce was sour cream, but will not say anything more about anything regards kebabs this evening :)
It was pretty quiet at work today, LDU, SGR and myself had more than enough time to discuss the happenings in Big Brother and Survivor last night. Good to see the first catfight happening already in BB - might have to go across to the site to see what's happened today.
For a telephone based job as my own there is nothing better than good hold music. My own company's hold music is pretty insipid, but surely it is better than the endless menus customers have to navigate, but for the first time in months I actually had hold music that I liked today - hate taking a call and it going directly into hold music, but when the music is from the local radio station, has Violent Femmes AND Shakira, well, I will wait a few more minutes to see whether you will get rid of the other call than usual. Mmm, whatever happened to Shakira LOL, haven't heard from her in a couple years?
Will just also mention that there is a Cute Cafe Girl (CCG as she will know be known, I don't know her name) that has been talking to me when the chance has arisen the last few weeks. For a while there I thought it was just common courtesy, that every customer got the same service and mini conversations, but when I went in for a late shift the other week she was cleaning the tables outside and I had almost walked past her when she said hi how are you doing, or words to that effect, and kinda surprised me, in a nice way. Did I mention she was cute LOL? Today almost had a full conversation while I was buying my afternoon tea drink... watch this space?
Along with a few other spaces I am sure - after all those years of being a shy bespectacled self conscious short boy, have those characteristics become cool? Or, to put another way, is nerdiness the new black LOL. Surely if it has happened, I didn't see it coming at all :)
And those of you that have read me for a while, know that instead of basking in it, I am over analysing and doubting every good aspect of attention I get. As he posts for the entire world to read LOL (but only if they want to).
May write more later tonight, more on the news in the rest of the world aspect of things :)
Pauly
So yeah, was ten minutes late into work - caught the bus, stupid me. But even though I am in the outer suburbs, you would still think it would take less than an hour to get into town? There are two bus routes that go past in the morning, one drops you off on the corner of work, and the other one in the centre of town, eight minutes hard walking away. And guess which one I caught running up to, getting the driver to wait for me, and realising it was the wrong one. But still hopping on it, I obviously have a great deal of guilt about holding up buses LOL.
Had a kebab for lunch - the first time in like weeks months years that I haven't had a felafel, and actually had meat in a kebab. Had barbeque sauce and it was sooooooooo good - it was yum (and my mind goes back to one of those email scandals a few years ago, anyone remember the 'yours is yum' fiasco?). Although of course now I have to wash my mind out, my kebab was not yum in that way whatsoever LOL. The second sauce was sour cream, but will not say anything more about anything regards kebabs this evening :)
It was pretty quiet at work today, LDU, SGR and myself had more than enough time to discuss the happenings in Big Brother and Survivor last night. Good to see the first catfight happening already in BB - might have to go across to the site to see what's happened today.
For a telephone based job as my own there is nothing better than good hold music. My own company's hold music is pretty insipid, but surely it is better than the endless menus customers have to navigate, but for the first time in months I actually had hold music that I liked today - hate taking a call and it going directly into hold music, but when the music is from the local radio station, has Violent Femmes AND Shakira, well, I will wait a few more minutes to see whether you will get rid of the other call than usual. Mmm, whatever happened to Shakira LOL, haven't heard from her in a couple years?
Will just also mention that there is a Cute Cafe Girl (CCG as she will know be known, I don't know her name) that has been talking to me when the chance has arisen the last few weeks. For a while there I thought it was just common courtesy, that every customer got the same service and mini conversations, but when I went in for a late shift the other week she was cleaning the tables outside and I had almost walked past her when she said hi how are you doing, or words to that effect, and kinda surprised me, in a nice way. Did I mention she was cute LOL? Today almost had a full conversation while I was buying my afternoon tea drink... watch this space?
Along with a few other spaces I am sure - after all those years of being a shy bespectacled self conscious short boy, have those characteristics become cool? Or, to put another way, is nerdiness the new black LOL. Surely if it has happened, I didn't see it coming at all :)
And those of you that have read me for a while, know that instead of basking in it, I am over analysing and doubting every good aspect of attention I get. As he posts for the entire world to read LOL (but only if they want to).
May write more later tonight, more on the news in the rest of the world aspect of things :)
Pauly
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