Monday, October 11

still loathing, or; will this shift ever end, 10 hours and going strong?!

one of the backpackers is generally rostered on to work the traveldesk on sunday from 4pm till midnight. this is how it's been for about 2 months now. this week, dean was fired from his job as a backpacker, and it seems the little old travel desk was forgotten about, becuase i'm still sitting here at 8 minutes to 6! so much for covent garden (or lunch for that matter!)

because dean was fired, jan and brian are both rostered to work as backpackers, which leaves me, well, here.

fortunately, i actually get to leave in 6 minutes. that is, the bar should be reasonably quiet, so jan will cover here and brian will work the bar, while i go and eat and maybe trott down to covent for a few drinks...maybe i'll just sleep.

should i have stayed working, or should i have just closed the desk? did i stay just so i could bitch about it? probably...plus i've been waiting for my download to finish. i think i care about my traveldesk too much.

there's about 45 people in reception, all trying to check in. i think it's a german group.

did i write my rant about the australian election yet? i think i forgot to do that yesterday...and i'm too tired to do it now. needless to say, it wasn't a good result. i'll get some thoughts together and post about that on thursday.

i'll be online a fair bit this coming week/end. fellow traveldesker steve has his anniversary, so i rostered him off from thursday till the following tuesday so i'll be working 5 days straight. in return, i get his first born, and a virginal sacrifice - should be a lot of fun!

where's jan -- i want to eat......