It's the end but...

[gervase_fen]

These entries may become fairly irregular fairly soon, so I'll fill in some detail while I can : I have a packed timetable tomorrow.

1) Catch 7.30 train to M*********.
2) Collect keys at 10 a.m.
3) Meet my new manager for lunch at 12 pm
4) Get train back at 3 pm
5) Leaving do at 7.30 pm.

Today was my last day in my old shop.

I spent the morning unpacking bits and pieces out the back, and creating a returns list for the Orion rep - scanning in and boxing up unsold stock for authorisation.

I booked the transit van for the move at lunch, and then spent an hour and a half learning a bit more about the Intranet buying system that we use during a training session run by Duncan-T.

I finished clearing out my locker, finding assorted payslips, training notes, soluble paracetemol, the Staff Survey 2004, and a box of Christmas cards. I then unwrapped my leaving present from Bill, Marion's other half - a beautifully made, handcarved wall clock, a really lovely object.

I finished off with about an hour on the till - the last book I sold being "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time".

I told people not to do the big goodbye thing today - but to save it for tomorrow, when I'll be dead on my feet.

The habit I found it hardest to get rid of was getting up to stash my wallet in my locker - a locker which I'd given back the key for...

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[parrot-knight.livejournal.com]

I had a leaving do once, after my six months at T---n. I was ushered into reception with a line adapted from one in Babylon 5 where Londo is about to have the Keeper parasite attached to his shoulder. I was given some book tokens, which was rather a relief.

[gervase-fen.livejournal.com]

I've dropped some hints about Argos vouchers; I'm trusting that unsworth will provide a suitably Whotastic sentiment this evening!