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Today really hasn't been my day. First I totally overslept. I guess there had been a power outage in my area during the night that caused the fact that my alarm didn't wake me up. When I woke up I was just surprised that it was already so light out. When I checked my alarm it showed that it was 1:47 am which of course couldn't be true. My first clue to the power outage was the fact that the time was blinking. I quickly got out of bed and tried to find the correct time from somewhere. It came out that it was already 8:40am. I should have been in the office already by eight.
I tried to get dressed quickly and headed out. When I was almost at the train station I noticed that I had left my mobile at home. I had to return to get it since it's my only work phone. When I was again on my way towards the train station I called my colleague that I was going to be late from a meeting that was supposed to start at 9am. I was maybe 200 meters from the train station when I saw the train arriving. There was no way I could have ran to it so I told my colleague that I would come with the next train. Usually the trains go about every 15 minutes. However, today there was still something wrong with the system and I ended up waiting for the train for almost half an hour. When I finally got to the office it was already 9:50am. Practically I was about two hours late.
The meeting ran past me. Then I just had time for a quick lunch before my next meeting started. Luckily that didn't take long and I was finally able to start actually doing my work. However, Friday afternoons have never been the most productive time for me so I didn't get that much done.
I had to leave the office a bit after three since I had promised that I would pick up my niece once more. All in all, I was in the office about five and a half hours. There are some hours to make up next week. And I guess I need to catch up on my work too.
Now I'm sitting here and surfing. My niece is already sleeping and I'm waiting for her mother to come home. It can happen that she won't come home any time soon since she just found out this morning that she got fired. No reason was given. She was just told that her services weren't needed anymore. She was pretty upset by it. She had only been in that place for about two months. She went for some drinks with her old colleagues, to say goodbye to them. She wasn't even allowed to do that today when she was escorted out of that place. It sounds really weird to me. When I asked if she knew what was behind the firing, she said she had no idea. They hadn't told her any reason. I feel really sorry for her since she seemed to like that job. And now she's again unemployed.
I tried to get dressed quickly and headed out. When I was almost at the train station I noticed that I had left my mobile at home. I had to return to get it since it's my only work phone. When I was again on my way towards the train station I called my colleague that I was going to be late from a meeting that was supposed to start at 9am. I was maybe 200 meters from the train station when I saw the train arriving. There was no way I could have ran to it so I told my colleague that I would come with the next train. Usually the trains go about every 15 minutes. However, today there was still something wrong with the system and I ended up waiting for the train for almost half an hour. When I finally got to the office it was already 9:50am. Practically I was about two hours late.
The meeting ran past me. Then I just had time for a quick lunch before my next meeting started. Luckily that didn't take long and I was finally able to start actually doing my work. However, Friday afternoons have never been the most productive time for me so I didn't get that much done.
I had to leave the office a bit after three since I had promised that I would pick up my niece once more. All in all, I was in the office about five and a half hours. There are some hours to make up next week. And I guess I need to catch up on my work too.
Now I'm sitting here and surfing. My niece is already sleeping and I'm waiting for her mother to come home. It can happen that she won't come home any time soon since she just found out this morning that she got fired. No reason was given. She was just told that her services weren't needed anymore. She was pretty upset by it. She had only been in that place for about two months. She went for some drinks with her old colleagues, to say goodbye to them. She wasn't even allowed to do that today when she was escorted out of that place. It sounds really weird to me. When I asked if she knew what was behind the firing, she said she had no idea. They hadn't told her any reason. I feel really sorry for her since she seemed to like that job. And now she's again unemployed.