Yesterday I woke up at 5:30am and left for the office at 5:45. I got to the office by 6:30 and we started our trip to our field office in the city of Anthiyur. It's important to leave Bangalore early so you don't get stuck in city traffic.
We stopped on the road for breakfast and with that 30 minute stop and made it to Anthiyur right at 11am. I got a two-hour nap on the trip. In Anthiyur, I met with managers from each of Essmart's field offices. It was great to meet most of the team, since most of my work outside of Bangalore has been at the Krishnagiri field office.
The team had a 3 hour meeting, most of which was in Tamil, so I wasn't really sure what was going on. (My Tamil is coming along slowly, but they mix some English into the conversation, so I knew what was being discussed at points.) Still, I thought it was better to remain attentive than to pull out my laptop and work, so I listened and watched who had the most input and who seemed most likely to disagree with various points.
After that, we went out to get lunch before heading back to Bangalore. It was about 2pm. My colleague from Bangalore couldn't start his car, so we pushed it until he was able to throw it into gear, and was able to run it to the restaurant. While we ordered, he called a mechanic, who said that he was on his way. We finished our lunch and waited for the mechanic (I read during that time).
After three hours, the mechanic showed up, and said that there was a problem with the alternator. Our colleague concluded that he couldn't drive the car, so he helped us get to the city of Erode. From there, we got a bus to the city of Salem. Our bus left Salem at around 8:30 and didn't reach Bangalore until 12:30am. Then we had to get an auto-rickshaw (they insisted that we pay double the meter price at that hour of night) and didn't get home until 1am. Hopefully next time transport will be a little less complicated.
We stopped on the road for breakfast and with that 30 minute stop and made it to Anthiyur right at 11am. I got a two-hour nap on the trip. In Anthiyur, I met with managers from each of Essmart's field offices. It was great to meet most of the team, since most of my work outside of Bangalore has been at the Krishnagiri field office.
The view from the office in Krishnagiri (it's up a flight of stairs, so it mostly looks at electrical wires)
The team had a 3 hour meeting, most of which was in Tamil, so I wasn't really sure what was going on. (My Tamil is coming along slowly, but they mix some English into the conversation, so I knew what was being discussed at points.) Still, I thought it was better to remain attentive than to pull out my laptop and work, so I listened and watched who had the most input and who seemed most likely to disagree with various points.
After that, we went out to get lunch before heading back to Bangalore. It was about 2pm. My colleague from Bangalore couldn't start his car, so we pushed it until he was able to throw it into gear, and was able to run it to the restaurant. While we ordered, he called a mechanic, who said that he was on his way. We finished our lunch and waited for the mechanic (I read during that time).
Waiting to sort out car trouble
After three hours, the mechanic showed up, and said that there was a problem with the alternator. Our colleague concluded that he couldn't drive the car, so he helped us get to the city of Erode. From there, we got a bus to the city of Salem. Our bus left Salem at around 8:30 and didn't reach Bangalore until 12:30am. Then we had to get an auto-rickshaw (they insisted that we pay double the meter price at that hour of night) and didn't get home until 1am. Hopefully next time transport will be a little less complicated.
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