Thursday at work - part II
Here's what actually happened:
08:45 - Crawled into work and went straight for coffee
09:00 - Received a very cheeful "Hi!" from Sarah. Strange. Never had that before.
09:05 - My staff arrived and started pestering me for work
09:10 - Spent some time with staff to help plan for the day
10:00 - Go through hundreds of email and delegate low-level tasks to staff. Flag high-level jobs to self for later.
10:30 - Check pigeon hole for posts and deliveries.
10:45 - Remembered about meeting at 11:00 and started panicking and printed off notes for discussion
11:00 - Meeting with nice chap from Ramesys. Talked about recent Citrix implementation and server upgrades. Talked about hardware and software maintenance and support. Talked about possible future paths. Talked about MCSE and Citrix Accreditions. Looking forward to January. Forgot to talk about spam. Must flag that for later.
11:55 - Went back to department to check up on newbie staff. Make sure she is not panicking on her own.
12:05 - Left for Hoddesdon to join another staff waiting to start with network upgrade
12:50 - Arrived in Hoddesdon (M25 was awful)
12:55 - Received phone call from home, Dad was upset his computer was not working. Had to help him troubleshoot the problem. Problem still not fixed. Dad was still unhappy. Felt sorry for Dad. Must call him back another time.
13:05 - Apologised to staff for being late. Went straight to work to upgrade the network and roll out new Citrix software.
14:20 - Still rolling out Citrix software. Making backups of everybody's documents onto laptop.
14:35 - Helped self with some coffee.
14:45 - Received compliment from mid-aged secretary on weight-loss appearance. Made her a cuppa as well hehe.
15:00 - Going around giving everybody a preview of their new desktop interface. Doing a bit of handholding for those who are frightened of major change.
15:15 - Getting a headache due to missing lunch. Went to nearby Sainsburys and got self Tuna and Roasted Veg Sandwhich (blegh).
15:55 - Once everybody was happy, scheduled a different day for complete migration to new desktop interface. Headed back to Enfield.
16:30 - Reached Enfield. Received SMS from Sis. Called Sis. Sis wanted to see a movie. Sis sounded a bit low.
16:35 - Go through emails for the day.
16:55 - Discussion with staff of what had gone through the day. Discussion for tomorrow and next week's tasks.
17:30 - Headed for cinema to meet Sis.
17:50 - Reached UGC Enfield.
UGC Enfield - Lounge
UGC Enfield - Escalator
08:45 - Crawled into work and went straight for coffee
09:00 - Received a very cheeful "Hi!" from Sarah. Strange. Never had that before.
09:05 - My staff arrived and started pestering me for work
09:10 - Spent some time with staff to help plan for the day
09:25 - Read comments left by people on own blog and respond to them
09:40 - Checked backup logs and network system status. Ran a few diagnostics and test system performance.10:00 - Go through hundreds of email and delegate low-level tasks to staff. Flag high-level jobs to self for later.
10:30 - Check pigeon hole for posts and deliveries.
10:45 - Remembered about meeting at 11:00 and started panicking and printed off notes for discussion
11:00 - Meeting with nice chap from Ramesys. Talked about recent Citrix implementation and server upgrades. Talked about hardware and software maintenance and support. Talked about possible future paths. Talked about MCSE and Citrix Accreditions. Looking forward to January. Forgot to talk about spam. Must flag that for later.
11:55 - Went back to department to check up on newbie staff. Make sure she is not panicking on her own.
12:05 - Left for Hoddesdon to join another staff waiting to start with network upgrade
12:50 - Arrived in Hoddesdon (M25 was awful)
12:55 - Received phone call from home, Dad was upset his computer was not working. Had to help him troubleshoot the problem. Problem still not fixed. Dad was still unhappy. Felt sorry for Dad. Must call him back another time.
13:05 - Apologised to staff for being late. Went straight to work to upgrade the network and roll out new Citrix software.
14:20 - Still rolling out Citrix software. Making backups of everybody's documents onto laptop.
14:35 - Helped self with some coffee.
14:45 - Received compliment from mid-aged secretary on weight-loss appearance. Made her a cuppa as well hehe.
15:00 - Going around giving everybody a preview of their new desktop interface. Doing a bit of handholding for those who are frightened of major change.
15:15 - Getting a headache due to missing lunch. Went to nearby Sainsburys and got self Tuna and Roasted Veg Sandwhich (blegh).
15:55 - Once everybody was happy, scheduled a different day for complete migration to new desktop interface. Headed back to Enfield.
16:30 - Reached Enfield. Received SMS from Sis. Called Sis. Sis wanted to see a movie. Sis sounded a bit low.
16:35 - Go through emails for the day.
16:55 - Discussion with staff of what had gone through the day. Discussion for tomorrow and next week's tasks.
17:30 - Headed for cinema to meet Sis.
17:50 - Reached UGC Enfield.
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Sis was feeling a bit low. Took Sis to see Bad Santa. Took Sis out for Chinese. Got Sis new Empire magazine. Sis seem happy now. Bro is happy too.
UGC Enfield - Lounge
UGC Enfield - Escalator
posted by iJun at 10:53 pm
