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Friday, March 4, 2016

Back to work...

Yes, by the subject line you can see that I'm back working for a few weeks with that great boss, DH. Queenslanders go to the polls March 19; voting in Local Government elections as well as a Referendum on fixed four year terms for our state government. 
On behalf of his employers, DH rents temporary office accommodation and over the years, some places haven't been too 'flash'...no running water, bare concrete floors etc etc. But this time we've got a nice place...
Carpets!!!!

It's a former bank. From this office the running of the election is organised in this particular Council Ward. And for 2 weeks prior to March 19 it is a Prepoll centre where people can vote before 'the day'. 
The old information counter is where I will work from, when people come in to vote.
(The bank moved in May last year and people still come in to withdraw money from the ATM that USED to be in the lobby of the building, but on Friday a young woman came right inside to the counter and thrust her card at DH and said she just wanted some money. We directed her to the bank's new home across the street!)

The bank staff left this stuck this phone number stuck to the counter...it's my favourite local coffee shop too!!

Lots of offices in this place including these 'Customer Studios'. 

Lots of cardboard involved in this job...and those customer studios provide great storage. 
And the next two photos show just a few of the safes...this bank must have handled a LOT of money!
But I guess it wasn't worth their while to take them to their new, very small premises in the new shopping centre across the road...

This time I've got to do some different tasks to what I've done before as DH's assistant...
Folding cardboard into boxes...

Tying the string on the pencils that the voters use to mark the ballot papers...

As well as my more usual jobs of date stamping and counting envelopes. 
When the bank moved they may have taken all the money, but they left furniture and appliances...and this mug! Aussie readers will recognise the bank's symbol...

We have 2 levels in this building...upstairs is the kitchen, lunchroom and restrooms. And some meeting  rooms as well...so lots of room. And those stairs will keep us fit! 
I had been noticing feathers in the ladies restroom. The other day I heard pigeon cooing as I opened the door, and sure enough there were two pigeons fluttering about...I got a photo as the second one went to get out through the louvres.
Better than big spiders in the loo, I suppose. Lol

8 comments:

Dorothy said...

Gee you live an interesting life Maria. Hope you enjoy your new 'job' and no office shenanigans with the boss !! Lots of steps to go to the loo - hope you're fit. Sounds like you're fairly busy and no doubt it will get more hectic closer to the day. Wages = more stash !! Go girl. xox

Cynthia said...

It would be fun to have a job for a couple weeks of the year, and of course having a good boss and a nice place to work is always welcome. I see you have quite a stack of boxes to keep you busy but maybe you can sneak in some crocheting while on duty, too!

Chars said...

It's always nice to see "behind the scenes" - enjoy working with DH ... Even more so enjoy spending your cash - new stash? :)

Susan said...

..or frogs in the loos.. Thanks for the unplanned reminder - I must get my vote in since I will be away...I think our voting is an environmental nightmare - all that cardboard which I'm sure is then 'recycled" - what happens to the pencils?? - do they get handed onto schools or somewhere??
Enjoy your few weeks of work- lucky to have a good boss too.

Vireya said...

Sounds like an interesting time. Hope you have a good hand cream. Folding all those boxes would make my hands sore, anyway.

margaret said...

this reminds me of when I lived in Melbourne and I used to do polling day with my BIL who was in charge of a voting place. I do not think voting was done in advance in those days but it was a very long day as we also sorted and counted the votes here in the UK they are counted in the Town Hall or similar being delivered from the polling stations happy reminders and was well paid too!

Cheryl (aka Kayly) said...

I'm surprised they left the safes. Although hard to move, they were really worth something. Have fun.

JeanN said...

Hope you're not insured with ComInsure, you won't have any luck making a claim!