tour ticketline

Friday I went to meet the people from the ticket line, and I immediately felt at home. There’s a relaxing atmosphere, and plenty of guidance for the new workers. Also, it turns out that they offer various training opportunities to, for example, become a senior agent, or to go and work on answering emails or handling complaints. Furthermore, the times on which I will work can be determined by myself (in consultation with the planner of course). And working extra hours will almost always be possible. One other advantage is that they regularly hand out free tickets to go see a musical or something. Yes, this really seems fun. It doesn’t pay much, only €8.03, which is less than I made in my previous job, but fun counts for much.

Last weekend I spent too much time watching the Tour de France. The time trial was very exciting, Contador managed to stay in the lead, even though he isn’t a specialist, but other thing are too. The stage on Sunday was completely boring, and I should have turned it off. But I was afraid that something interesting would happen just seconds after doing that. So, from 2 till 5 I saw them cycle, but nobody did anything, I got really annoyed. Only after they got to the Champs-Élysées it got interesting. It ended, naturally, in a mass finish. Nothing happened to any of the jerseys, naturally. A complete waste of time. But I would kicked myself if I had switched it off and Boonen had lost the green jersey, so again I was a difficult choice to make.

Yesterday I watched Bridget Jones’s Diary on DVD. Just recently I read the book, which made it extra interesting; comparisons could be made. After this I read the chapter in my novel writing guide, which uses this film to explain the concept of five-star-plotting.