Having spent the last 3 months dealing with a raft of orders for surgical masks I can honestly say I have changed. The swine 'flu pandemic is something that has pushed my working experience in a totally different direction from the previous 9 months before it began. Whilst I had worked on advanced planning for exactly such an event the pace of work changed dramatically from April 27th onward.
Comfort zones are lovely and cosy but they tend to slow individual growth and I had certainly reached my comfort zone a few months ago. The last 3 months though have pushed me well beyond my comfort zones and have allowed me to develop much faster desicion making skills as well as the ability to improvise and to prioritise work loads.
I will try and get back in the habit of posting here.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Early Starts
My arrival at work on Monday April 27th was unusual for 2 reasons:
1. It takes wild horses to pull me out of bed in the morning and I was arriving at 6.45
2. I was listening to the news on my way to work rather than the curious blend of Hip Hop and county and western that occupies my ipod.
The explanation begins with a phone call I received in admittedly a slighty hungover state the day before. My Dad had called asking if I was in work. I was slightly confused (he has been known to forget things, but days of the week don't usually elude him). The explanation that followed had me practicing a combination of the hurdles, step machine and army obsticle course in an effort to reach my laptop. Following a headless run around the house I found it. (right next to me where I had been using it 30 seconds before my phone rang.) What I read on the internet was the reason for my early start.
Swine 'flu had exploded across the media and I had an idea that would effect my workload on surgical masks, I just had no idea how much...
1. It takes wild horses to pull me out of bed in the morning and I was arriving at 6.45
2. I was listening to the news on my way to work rather than the curious blend of Hip Hop and county and western that occupies my ipod.
The explanation begins with a phone call I received in admittedly a slighty hungover state the day before. My Dad had called asking if I was in work. I was slightly confused (he has been known to forget things, but days of the week don't usually elude him). The explanation that followed had me practicing a combination of the hurdles, step machine and army obsticle course in an effort to reach my laptop. Following a headless run around the house I found it. (right next to me where I had been using it 30 seconds before my phone rang.) What I read on the internet was the reason for my early start.
Swine 'flu had exploded across the media and I had an idea that would effect my workload on surgical masks, I just had no idea how much...
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