Little things

Hey all,
it is nice to have a job that you really like, well maybe not that realy realy but enough to enjoy it although it takes a lot of you during the day. You forget your native language after spending 8 hours a day blabering in foregn tongue also people are not always that happy and forgiving, patient and understanding and some ar just f*&kin' rude without no reason. It is kind of difficult to get into the contact with other culture just by listening to their requests over the phone. And yah sorry forgot to mention i am in close relationship with a phone at a call center. I'm greatfull that after all I got myself into the right and at least more interesting project at least for now. For the moment I am working with ferry travels and past week has been crazy, so many delays and cancelations I haven't seen before as I can gues our customers haven't experienced that eather ;D

But now I am sitting here with basicaly nothing to do because the hottest hours ar over for now and only at this moment I find the beauty and joy of this work. The whole floor is buzzing with people talking. Some are lost, some need help, others are doing just fine although some are ready to kill eather themselves or the customer after spending 6 minutes trying to ask for the date of birth of an old and slightly deaf lady paraphrasing the question in every way possible but without any luck. Well some customers that our other project has have seen the WWI so patience is one of the best qualities in such work also having good ears also help ;D

Many people would not understand the beauty of this but try to imagine that you work in a bee nest. Every individual important as one and even more important as part of a team, reaching one goal or maybe not even reaching but trying to maintain the result that already exists and reaching for the best possible. It is the spirit in theese people or lack of it because it is very possible that not all of theese folks are as bubly about their work as I am. As for now I'm happy because I am kind a good at this. That is a bonus to the fact that the work is not boring it got it's ups and downs and what can you do than just sit back and...

Ring ring.. 'WElcome to.. My name is
Maria. How can I help you today?'

P.S. it is more than a perfect time to feel tourself in the surroundings of yours, finding your place on the branch of time tree without actually looking, just feeling it.

-Maria Alek