Keith took me to work before going to have a hair cut and doing the shopping. I had a pleasant day at work, answering all the emails and helping out with the phone calls when Vicki left just before 3pm. Our MD walked in late, carrying three large ring binders and said he had a job for us... to photocopy the contents of the folders, which were survey reports for three of our buildings.
Sara didn't seem at all happy, especially when he joked that he wanted them done by 4pm! She put them to one side and said we'd sort them out tomorrow, but I had the feeling he wanted them done more quickly than that, especially when he asked again if someone could tackle the job.
As I hadn't a lot to do, I volunteered! It meant being off the phones (always a bonus) and I made a start. It was a mammoth job, especially as some of the original pages were dark anyway and didn't photocopy too well! Plus there were several A3 pages to copy as well. By 3.30pm, I realised I was never going to get it done by 4pm, so I asked if it was OK to stay until 5pm when Sophie could pick me up on her way home from work. I managed to get hold of Keith to stop him from picking me up, and carried on with the job.
By 5pm, I was done with the photocopying and was checking to make sure everything was present and correct. We had decided to send off some of the original pages, rather than the photocopied ones as they were so dark and I warned our MD that the pages were loose in the ring binder. He hunted down some elastic bands and we chatted about our respective parents before I left to join Sophie in the car park. As it was over an hour later than I normally leave, I was surprised at how dark it was!
We drove home and I set about doing the usual chores. I would not like to be this late home every night, and understand how Sophie feels now when she's held up on the way home from work!
My daughter cooked a delicious meal this evening - a chicken and vegetable traybake with the rice from yesterday's Chinese mixed in. It was gorgeous!
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