Training Tidbits Again

I've been so tired again since yesterday that I just "dropped dead" on bed when I got back home and hubby had to wake me up since I kept on sleeping HA HA HA HA HA...so I haven't had time to blog or blog-hop!

Here are some interesting tidbits from my office:

1. One person sent a snail mail and asked for a free T-shirt and other free goodies from our office. That person also asked us to pack it neatly, but the package mustn't be bigger than a certain size, since then the government of the country would charge some taxes to the receiver of the package.

Another person sent an email, asking for a free Sodankylä pen or goodies. We are sometimes shocked when getting this type of request, since it's perfectly crazy to ask for such a thing!!! I mean, it's one thing to ask for free brochures, which we'll definitely send them freely, but asking for free T-shirts and pens and other goodies?!?!?!?! Come on!!!

2. The other day one guy came over to ask for directions, then he got back to ask us what "terva" means. "Terva" means "tar" in English. And then he asked us what tar was made of and why it was good for skin. Since both of us didn't know any better (he wanted sufficient answers), I decided to look it up at Wikipedia instead HI HI HI HI HI HI...

NOW I know what tar is made of and why Finnish people sometimes use it in saunas!!! ;-D THANK GOD for the internet!!!

3. Yesterday was the slowest day ever in the entire time I had my training there! During the six hours I was there, only TEN people came by, can you believe it?

If handling one person only takes 5-10 minutes, imagine how much free time I had!!! This is definitely a VERY slow season. I noticed from the guest book that in the beginning of July, the highest amount of visitors in a day was 166.

4. One person asked me, "Is there a Teddy farm in this are?"

I asked back, "Teddy?"

She couldn't come up with a different word for the "teddy" since obviously English wasn't her native tongue, but I thought that she meant "bear" from "teddy bear".

I asked back, "You mean bear?"

She laughed and patted my arm, "YES! Yes, that's what I mean! So, is there any?"

I was slightly confused on what to answer, since who would raise bears?!?!?!?!?!?! Or maybe she thought that the bears here look like Pandas or something? Still it was a funny occasion hi hi hi hi hi hi hi...

5. I showed my wedding pics to my coworker and another person who worked in the same building (different sector than us) came by and when she looked at the pics, she said to me, "Your husband looks familiar."

When I told her where my husband worked, she said, "No wonder he looks familiar! He's been fixing the computer in our office!" HA HA HA HA HA HA HA...

After working in his current company, hubby's been pretty "popular" in terms that he's been around so much, fixing computers in different offices and schools, so that many people have at least met him more than before he he he...

Okay, time for me to COOK!!! I'll blog-hop tomorrow, OK? ;-D Take care, everybody!!!

Bits and Pieces

Hey, guys!

I've been tired this week, so every time I come back home, all I want to do is SLEEP!!! The past few days were the worst as I could take a nap for 3 straight hours ha ha ha ha...and yet I still woke up tired in the morning.

Anyway, I haven't been writing about my trainings lately. Here are some more tidbits:

1. Two Finnish guys who came at different times actually thought I was a Japanese girl ha ha ha ha...One of them asked me what the Japanese word for "thank you" hi hi hi...

2. In the office we have a visitor book. In the book we have to guess the visitors' nationality. The first week I had my training, on the busiest day there were 96 visitors in a day (normally around 50-60 people). However, the number has dwindled considerably, since this week regularly there are only about 30 visitors.

3. A German couple came over today to ask for a person's address. The person used to work in the local tourist office. Apparently that person had made such a WONDERFUL impact on that couple. They came here to Sodankylä years and years back, since the first thing the woman said when she came over was, "Oh, my, you've got a new office now!"

Fortunately my senior was there, so he could help them locate that person who used to work at the office. The German couple thanked him VERY much he he he he...I hope they have a FUN meeting!

Speaking of making a difference through your work, I remember when I visited Singapore in 2000 with my Aussie friend. We went to a shopping mall and found a tourist info office there and the guy who was there was VERY professional. I was TOTALLY impressed (still am!) with the amount of information he gave us. He must've spoken to us for about 45 minutes. First he asked us where we came from and then he asked how long we were going to be there.

Then he gave us plenty of suggestions on what places to visit, WHEN would be the best time to visit them, and he even pointed to us all the cheap shopping places! MARVELOUS!!! I felt SO glad that we dropped by at the office. It was SO satisfactory!!!

Quite an inspiration for me!!! :-)))

Okie dokie...I'll blog-hop tomorrow, OK? I'm just going to relax right now and enjoy comics hi hi hi hi hi...Have a BEAUTIFUL weekend, friends! ;-D

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