171019 - day 11/40

Bad night's sleep! Awoke at 0150 & probably did not drift off again until 0400? Possibly should have got up for that glass of wine? Alarm went off at 0530, but managed to roll over & get about another hour. Pottered around, then realised where Geelong@Work was, i.e. up on McKillop Street. So caught an earlier bus in. On way to bus, saw a five (5) cent piece & thought about picking up the penny, to be lucky for the day. Except it turned out to be a silvery token :p
Got some new $20s :) Got a coffee at 'Hole in the wall'. Lashed out for a pork roll. Then headed up the hill, braving the scattered rain.
Got there & they were closed. But realised I was a bit early! So, stood around, just o/s the reception door, waiting for them to open at 0830.. As I was still waiting at 0840 & there was no sign of anyone, or recognition of me being there (+ discovered there was an option of catching an earlier train, so as not to be late for work), so pulled the pin & toddled off.
Irksome.
Missed the train by one (1) minute! In the quiet carriage, but two (2) ladies sat opposite each other & chatted. Loudly. Got worse when we came out of Tarneit! That sort of morning - how do you politely tell then to STFU? When it got too bad, just touched my token & thought of Niamh.
The only available spot was the tiny desk, near the counter door & so be it. Except that Allen came by - in the middle of a TIS call & told me to go upstairs. So changed my shoes, grabbed my water bottle & away I went. Ended up sitting opposite Sal, next to Ali.
Had lunch with Sal & Pneet, then Sonalee joined us. So it was lively for awhile. Then went downstairs, to collect $5 from Neil & show off the new $20. Also met Joe, the new boss? Did not have (morning/afternoon) teabreak, but I was a few minutes late, so just compensated accordingly.
Clients were not too bad; the support staff were - CON had provided statements & team had emailed back, saying that statements must show Victorian transactions. Except that they did - consistently. So, in my confusion, asked for help. Which was not forthcoming - in fact, somebody else then butted in, which was answered & then she just went back to what she was doing, muttering to herself. That sort of day.