Patience

Back by popular demand!

This actually happened last week, but since I have been a bit sick and generally stressed out tying up a lot of loose ends...I am only writing it now, but I feel it is story worthy enough to get its 15 mins.

I drove into the hospital that I work at in Jerusalem. My last day. As you enter there is a boom gate - one leading to the lower car park that is straight ahead, another to the left that passes by the front of the hospital. A car drove in before me, and just stopped, halfway inbetween the two of them so I could not get passed. The Israeli in me - tooted my horn - the car inched a little forward but not enough for me to pass. I looked at the security guard with a "what does this guy think he is doing?" face, and believe me, you can read exactly what I am thinking from my face. He just shrugged.

Next thing you know, the driver is out of his car, walking around to mine, tapping on the window and the following conversation ensued...in Hebrew...
Random guy who won't move his car: Why are you honking?
Me: Because you are just standing there and not moving
Random guy: Do you know that you are on Hospital property?
Me: Yes
Random guy: Do you know that I am the head of the hospital? Who are you?
Me: I work here
Head of the Hospital: What is your name?
Me: Gila, but I am leaving tomorrow...
Head of the Hospital: I am glad.

That my friends is how you leave a job that you have worked in for 5 years!

Modem Again

This post was meant for yesterday...
So I was on my way to work and then I got a reminder text message that the Bezeq people were coming to deliver my new modem at work, 2nd time lucky.
However, just like last Sunday I had forgotten the old modem at home. So a mere 5 minutes away from work, I turned around my car, drove for 20 mins home, picked up the old modem, drove a half an hour back in traffic and there you go, I was all ready for the delivery guy.
The delivery guy calls me and he is outside my office waiting for me. I go to meet him and he is on the phone.  He completely ignores me, and continues his conversation as if I don't exist.
Hello?!!?! I am at work!!! So I move around his motorcycle to the other side, and I am like..."HEllo!!!!"
So he motions that he is on the phone...Yeah I get that...but I just left my office where I was in the middle of sorting out through a whole lotta statistics, so gimme my new modem which I didn't ask for!!

Apparently he is talented enough to give me the piece of paper to sign and hand over the darn thing whilst involved in a conversation. Great.

I get home, and of course I have to configure the whole thing. Which of course is annoying, and I didn't ask for the trouble of dealing with configuring a modem. An hour later on the phone to Bezeq, I had to ask to speak to the "service" woman's advisor before getting anywhere...but here you go, I am on the internet and all connected up again...

What is the lesson in all of this?

A week has gone by and my memory hasn't improved...neither has my patience.