2005-08-19 - 3:59 p.m.
YAY it's Friday, which is lovely. I love Fridays, much in the same way I love icecream. Sweet cream cold goodness. Don't get the no fat kind, it's nasty. Anyhow I have realized that my writing is much like free association. And well I'm ok with that.
Anyhow I have had a crazy day, nay, week. It all started... (imagine the air around you getting fuzzy as my voice trails off and you see an image of me at my desk earlier this week)
I'm typing, I can't get into the loans program, I try again, blasted thing won't work. I bustle across the hall to my co-hort to see if he is having the same troubles, he is not. I try mine again. To no avail. I call the help desk, and ahhh, there is trouble. Quick unplug your computer from the wall. (but not the power just the cable part that looks like a fat telephone wire.) Ok now what, can't work can't get on the network, and I NEED THE NETWORK. Sigh I do the dreaded task... the filing. 2 hours later and 2 months of filing done I have nothing. I call cusotmers to early renew mortgages, no one is home, can't document it, don't have access to the network. There are lots of rumours buzzing about. What is that? No can't be! A virus in the environment!!!! I wonder who brought it in?? You know you can be fired for that! It's in the code of conduct. Still doing nothing. I have an impecably tidy and well organized office. (now). Waiting, almost home time, going to go home early, nothing to do. 3:55, branch closes at 4, and lo, 3:58 a customer comes in. Wants to talk to a loans officer. Who's nice, oh yes it's me. I take her. I answer her first couple questions, it's 4:05, I'm still ok. The branch clears out. (cue tumbleweeds) She asks, "Is it ok to ask a few more questions??" Me "Oh it's fine, we're the only ones here, I can let you out late, it's ok" So she asks an hour worth of questions, and doesn't accept my answers, NOOOO I am wrong on all counts. Clearly she should be the lender!
I go home it's 5:15.
Next day, YAY computers are back, the evil virus has been execuited! YAY.
Wait only the branches have it, the other parts don't, HEY THEY DO ALL THE WORK! I NEED THEM! WHAT AM I GOING TO DO? Must. put. out. fires. Angry. customers. I search for a spoon in which to dig my eyeballs out with. I make it through the day and manage to make the bank some money, YAY me!
Next day, same, fires, working, nay, scrambling to make people happy. Going home a withered shell of my former self.
Enter Friday!
Sweet Friday, the day I love. My day is full but it's good, I've gotten a lot done, no? Yeah NO! AHHHH...
8:30am, overdraf treport, Co-hort's printer breaks, grrr, do OD in my office with my crappy printer
9:00am still doing overdraft casue we were kidding around (it's friday morning people!!)
9:20-9:45 misc stuff getting ready for day (an ensuing onslaught)
9:45-10 cuddle time, well huddle, bad jokes by BM, fake laughing.
10-11 signing documents with customers,
Customer giving me hard time, "Why can you demand payment but we can't pay off our mortgage when we want to" My reply (euqlly tounge in cheek "Because we are a business and I don't come cheap" (PS this guy actually offered to bribe me to look the other way on fees and early payouts, I told him I can't unless he can offer me more than my salary casue I don't want to lose my job)
11-12 a million phone calls, and doing applications and putting out fires from the no computer blackout of 2005, getting applicaitons in order
12-1 mortgage application from a young couple who are only rate shopping, sigh, must. make. them. get. mortgage. from. us!!! Lots of explaining, "Why can't I use my Mat. leave as employment: Me: "becasue you're not employed, you are on EI and you were fired from your job..."
1-2, sweet lunch, and Chiroppractor who HURTS ME!!!!
2-3 previously declined bankrupt wants a mortgage, and (cue singing angels) HIS CREDIT IS BETTER, shouldn't be hard to get him approved, although he creeps me out with his way of staring at me. *shiver*
3-4 Sell a promtional item to a couple, and show them how I can save them mucho deniero and "give them access to the equity in their home" They love it, they love me, I love them, it's a love fest.
4-5 scramble to get everything done, well update this before I get to go.
Yes it's a great day in my life, although CRAZY.
I'm still so far behind I have no idea what I am going to do. The really sucky part is that I have been working hard. It's one thing to be behind from being lazy, but I have been doing everything. GAH, is this what it is like to have a grown up job?
My office is still really neat, and my credenza is all lovely and organized, although I have a pile of more filing.
Anyhow
have a nice day!
