The office I worked in the first week was full of very nice people, they were kind, generous and very welcoming. However the management there is very disorganized. We found out the night before we started work that due to transportation issues the times of our classes might have been changed, they simply hadn't bothered to tell me. All the students are picked up by buses or taxis each day on a set schedule and they could not adapt it enough to make class start at 7am. So I found out literally hours before that I would not start until 9:30. They had no way of dealing with the fact that the classes had been expanded from 3 1/2 days to 4 other than have two classes share the same room one day a week. That was crazy. It was made crazier by a decision made before I arrived to have two people who used to be core trainers teach a couple of the units. They apparently felt that the newer trainers such as myself could not teach it without seeing it taught once again by them. (Keep in mind that this is training we are required to attend every year and we all attended train the trainer certification with the top guy for that subject 3 weeks ago. Anyway they decided amongst themselves to have all four classes in session Wednesday morning meet in one room so the "experts" could teach it. I have nothing against the teachers but having 60 students in a room meant for 20 was beyond ridiculous. It was super hot and stuffy in there and the guys took turns standing up since there wasn't room for 6o chairs in there. I am sure glad I don't have to work in that chaotic of a place all the time, it would make me crazy.
Tuesday I start in the other Delhi office and the reports are that it is night and day difference between the two. I know I received a welcome e-mail with all types of details including a transportation schedule before I ever left home. I'm looking forward to meeting everyone. The people in the United/IGT office are all special functions rather than sales so that right away will make it a very different experience.
Most days after work it takes about 45 minutes to an hour to get back to the hotel. I usually drop my stuff and then head down for some dinner. The trouble is they serve meals at a snails pace, I'm not sure why exactly, I guess it's so you have time to visit or something. While it has been nice to get to know the other trainers better I am just not used to eating so late. By the time I get done with dinner and back to the room it's all I can do to get myself prepped for class the next day and check my emails before I am falling asleep at my computer. For some crazy reason I am only sleeping between 4 and 5 hours a night and then waking up in the middle of the night unable to get back to sleep. I just about got my body adjusted to that and now I switch to a 2:30-10:20 pm shift for a week. I hope I am not falling asleep in class. I guess we will wait and see.
Yesterday was a little weird. I spent the whole morning trying to find a church meeting to go to and had the path all planned out. But was very concerned that when I got off the metro I would not be able to find it or that nothing would really be at that mysterious unmarked location on the church website. The weird part was that the week before I wasn't really worried, I felt that I would find it and although it took too long to do any good I did find the place. I didn't want to go back there because it took too long and I was pretty sure the meeting would not be in English. So I decided to go to the branch this area is assigned to. But it turns out that had I gone to either meetinghouse I would have been alone, they only meet there on fast sunday. I am thankful that I got the message, strange as it seemed, not to go to church. So instead I studied some on my own and then headed out to play tourist for a while. We went to the India Gate and the Akshardham Temple. They make you check your bags for the Akshardham Temple so no pictures, but I did buy a book about it with pictures to show when I get home. We walked a ton and maybe that helped becasue last night for the first time I actually slept well. I even slept in this morning before having a late breakfast and starting my laundry.
Okay I think I finally have some dry underclothes so I am going to try to get cleaned up and out of my room for a while today. It obvious today that waiting until I am out of socks and underwear to handwash them in my room is not a good idea. They just don't dry fast enough. Oh well is just another part of the adventure I guess.
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