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Jun. 5th, 2007 02:15 pmMy luck in finding the tenner yesterday was well and truly offset first thing this morning. I was sitting on the sofa idly cleaning my specs when the frame just came apart in my hand. Right in the middle.
I frantically scrabbled around my room for an old pair, and turned up one that didn't fit comfortably, and that made my eyes feel a bit funny. Never mind, they'd have to do, as I had to go into work - not on the phones, thank goodness, just for a briefing.
I sat down in the middle of a row near the back, but just before the briefing started the lady who'd sat down in the seat just beyond mine asked me to move so all her pals could pile into the rest of the row. I wandered around, looking for somewhere to sit not too near the front. As I walked past Lin, who was to give the briefing, she tried to get me to sit in the front row!! I flopped into a seat right on the end, a few rows back.
The briefing lasted just over an hour and was mostly concerned with the introduction of a new case scheduling system and how it's going to affect us. From the point of view of us phone interviewers, it doesn't look like it's going to make a great deal of difference. When I popped upstairs afterwards to key my payclaim in, just hopping into the nearest unoccupied booth (at the opposite end of the unit to where I'm usually based), lots of the women around me said "Are you doing an extra today?" or "You're working down here today, then?" I explained that I wasn't going on the phones, I'd just come in for the briefing as there wasn't one on any of my working days. Took the opportunity to claim an extra 5 minutes by checking my Lotus Notes; finished just in time to catch the bus.
Straight to Gosport Specsavers. I picked out one of the £30 designs for men and asked for a pair in that type, same specifications as last time. The lady asked me to sit in one of the customer chairs, found my file, came to join me, copied my specifications onto an order form and had me hold a binocularesque device on my face to measure my pupil distance. She said she'd have to go and check whether they could make my new pair up today, went away for a while, came back with another lady who measured my pupil distance again, and gave me the good news - they'd have my new pair ready at 1 pm. Had to go to the till and pay, then moseyed around the High Street shops till collection time.
I frantically scrabbled around my room for an old pair, and turned up one that didn't fit comfortably, and that made my eyes feel a bit funny. Never mind, they'd have to do, as I had to go into work - not on the phones, thank goodness, just for a briefing.
I sat down in the middle of a row near the back, but just before the briefing started the lady who'd sat down in the seat just beyond mine asked me to move so all her pals could pile into the rest of the row. I wandered around, looking for somewhere to sit not too near the front. As I walked past Lin, who was to give the briefing, she tried to get me to sit in the front row!! I flopped into a seat right on the end, a few rows back.
The briefing lasted just over an hour and was mostly concerned with the introduction of a new case scheduling system and how it's going to affect us. From the point of view of us phone interviewers, it doesn't look like it's going to make a great deal of difference. When I popped upstairs afterwards to key my payclaim in, just hopping into the nearest unoccupied booth (at the opposite end of the unit to where I'm usually based), lots of the women around me said "Are you doing an extra today?" or "You're working down here today, then?" I explained that I wasn't going on the phones, I'd just come in for the briefing as there wasn't one on any of my working days. Took the opportunity to claim an extra 5 minutes by checking my Lotus Notes; finished just in time to catch the bus.
Straight to Gosport Specsavers. I picked out one of the £30 designs for men and asked for a pair in that type, same specifications as last time. The lady asked me to sit in one of the customer chairs, found my file, came to join me, copied my specifications onto an order form and had me hold a binocularesque device on my face to measure my pupil distance. She said she'd have to go and check whether they could make my new pair up today, went away for a while, came back with another lady who measured my pupil distance again, and gave me the good news - they'd have my new pair ready at 1 pm. Had to go to the till and pay, then moseyed around the High Street shops till collection time.
