Work Update ...
Apr. 3rd, 2006 10:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
inanedirk... I haven't really written anything work related these past few days.
The reason, probably, is that I haven't had much time to during the weekend.
Anyway, weekend started early Saturday. Took the bus to work, and stuff. Didn't have an awful lot to do really. No reservations, and only one or two cars being returned.
Funnily enough though, the day didn't get too boring. Three rentals, most of which I hadn't even had the time to get the cars cleaned for.
Same goes for Sunday pretty much - I actually rented out a Touran one-way to Stockholm, customers had missed their flight.
I also managed to earn a 20€ tip helping a guy not miss his plane: he'd gone round and around the parking lot for 15 minutes, unsuccessfully looking for a free place to park his van.
So he ended up putting it in one of our reserved spots. I saw him do that, and asked him to move the car somewhere else. He was a little desperate though, since checkin was about to close for his flight, and he just couldn't find room for his car anywhere.
So, in the end we decided that he'd leave the car key with me, and I'd move his car as soon as the parking lot got emptier. He'll be coming back Wednesday, and will get his car key back from Olaf then.
... and for helping him out like that, I got those 20 € (:
Uhm. Right.
I spent a lot of time reading of course, as always. I'm close'ish to the end of Without Remorse which, as it turns out, is one of the best books by Tom Clancy. There were quite a few of his later works that I was a little disappointed in, because it always ran along the lines of the US being the good guys (with Ryan being a real hero all the time), and Iran / Iraq / India, or Japan, or China, being the bad guys.
Without Remorse is a lot less patriotic, very dark and kinda depressing, and it gives a lot of background to characters, most of all Clark / Kelly of course, but also Greer, Ritter, etc. And I'm pretty sure that Coastal Guard guy Oreza was in at least two other books of his as well. (I think he was retired in Debt of Honor, and a higher-up Coastal Guard guy in Clear and Present Danger, but I might be wrong).
Anyway, Kelly murders a few people in this book, none of which were real decent fellows, so you can sympathize with his motives. Doesn't change the fact that he's subject to a murder investigation though, and you ask yourself if there really wasn't another way to solve the differences he's had with those bad guys.
I won't go into details. Go read the book if you like Clancy stuff. This one's worth it, though some others might not be ...
I think I actually might have to re-read all those books in a few years, in order to get all those little things. His characters often hint at past events, without explaining what they actually mean. I'm sure a lot of those things are cleared up in Without Remorse ...
Right. What else?
At work this morning, I actually thought at some point "whoooo totally hot girl approaching my counter". Turns out it was Jenny. Didn't recognize her at first.
I wonder if I should have my eyes checked some time (this of course refers to me not recognizing her) ... x_X
I got a BMW in the mail today.
Well, not quite, but it was mail from BMW. In exchange for my phone number, and e-Mail address, and my permission to have my ass spammed by them, they offer the chance to win a safety training in a 3 series BMW. I'm tempted to do it actually. Those safety things can be fun. Did one a few years ago. Hurt my shoulder too o_O ... But it really gives you the chance to drive like a pig for once, which I can never do during work. Public streets and stuff. Bleargh.
Anyway, I think I'll send that off. I mean, getting some BMW ads in the mail can't be too bad now, can it (maybe they'll send me samples)? And I won't be giving them my phone number ...
After working all weekend, and the early shift today, I have a few days off btw. Next regular work day will be Friday. Woot. Free days.
I sure hope my Redeemer CD will turn up soon. Can't wait.
And now I'm going to take a shower. And then go to bed.
Any recommendations for something yummy I should get to eat tomorrow?
The reason, probably, is that I haven't had much time to during the weekend.
Anyway, weekend started early Saturday. Took the bus to work, and stuff. Didn't have an awful lot to do really. No reservations, and only one or two cars being returned.
Funnily enough though, the day didn't get too boring. Three rentals, most of which I hadn't even had the time to get the cars cleaned for.
Same goes for Sunday pretty much - I actually rented out a Touran one-way to Stockholm, customers had missed their flight.
I also managed to earn a 20€ tip helping a guy not miss his plane: he'd gone round and around the parking lot for 15 minutes, unsuccessfully looking for a free place to park his van.
So he ended up putting it in one of our reserved spots. I saw him do that, and asked him to move the car somewhere else. He was a little desperate though, since checkin was about to close for his flight, and he just couldn't find room for his car anywhere.
So, in the end we decided that he'd leave the car key with me, and I'd move his car as soon as the parking lot got emptier. He'll be coming back Wednesday, and will get his car key back from Olaf then.
... and for helping him out like that, I got those 20 € (:
Uhm. Right.
I spent a lot of time reading of course, as always. I'm close'ish to the end of Without Remorse which, as it turns out, is one of the best books by Tom Clancy. There were quite a few of his later works that I was a little disappointed in, because it always ran along the lines of the US being the good guys (with Ryan being a real hero all the time), and Iran / Iraq / India, or Japan, or China, being the bad guys.
Without Remorse is a lot less patriotic, very dark and kinda depressing, and it gives a lot of background to characters, most of all Clark / Kelly of course, but also Greer, Ritter, etc. And I'm pretty sure that Coastal Guard guy Oreza was in at least two other books of his as well. (I think he was retired in Debt of Honor, and a higher-up Coastal Guard guy in Clear and Present Danger, but I might be wrong).
Anyway, Kelly murders a few people in this book, none of which were real decent fellows, so you can sympathize with his motives. Doesn't change the fact that he's subject to a murder investigation though, and you ask yourself if there really wasn't another way to solve the differences he's had with those bad guys.
I won't go into details. Go read the book if you like Clancy stuff. This one's worth it, though some others might not be ...
I think I actually might have to re-read all those books in a few years, in order to get all those little things. His characters often hint at past events, without explaining what they actually mean. I'm sure a lot of those things are cleared up in Without Remorse ...
Right. What else?
At work this morning, I actually thought at some point "whoooo totally hot girl approaching my counter". Turns out it was Jenny. Didn't recognize her at first.
I wonder if I should have my eyes checked some time (this of course refers to me not recognizing her) ... x_X
I got a BMW in the mail today.
Well, not quite, but it was mail from BMW. In exchange for my phone number, and e-Mail address, and my permission to have my ass spammed by them, they offer the chance to win a safety training in a 3 series BMW. I'm tempted to do it actually. Those safety things can be fun. Did one a few years ago. Hurt my shoulder too o_O ... But it really gives you the chance to drive like a pig for once, which I can never do during work. Public streets and stuff. Bleargh.
Anyway, I think I'll send that off. I mean, getting some BMW ads in the mail can't be too bad now, can it (maybe they'll send me samples)? And I won't be giving them my phone number ...
After working all weekend, and the early shift today, I have a few days off btw. Next regular work day will be Friday. Woot. Free days.
I sure hope my Redeemer CD will turn up soon. Can't wait.
And now I'm going to take a shower. And then go to bed.
Any recommendations for something yummy I should get to eat tomorrow?
