Rezeption

Last week’s Summer Work Week adventures were full of movement and labor. This week, however, my challenges are more of a mental nature. The challenges range from mental overload to unbearable boredom.

That's where I'm working this week!

Mental overload example: While I’m sorting mail, a person stops by the front office to pick something up. While helping that person, the phone rings. I speak in German with the person on the phone while trying to remember where the packages in my hand are going and what the person is doing standing in the office.

On the left is the window where people come and ask me questions. On the counter below the window is lots of useful information, such as staff contact info. To the right of center is the computer on which I answer random emails. In the bottom right corner is the phone from which I connect callers to people throughout the whole building.

This is the view a visitor has. Picture me sitting in that chair with a welcoming smile on my face. In the background is the counter on which I sort packages and mail for staff, students, and random people who are somehow connected with the school.

Boredom example: I already sorted the mail for the day, cleaned everything twice, made coffee, answered all the emails, opened and closed the blinds just for fun, and no one has called for half an hour. I have another hour to kill. Good thing I have a spinny chair!

Yes, I do spin in this chair. (By the way, you can see the handy garbage and recycling bins on the left).