Uniforms and power

All tied up...

Yesterday I got a new accessory ( - and a fitting blouse, yay - ) for my uniform  which I had to wear to a hotel this morning.
Check out this:

Isn't that the most ugly tie you've ever seen? Looks suspiciously like clown's wear. And I had to wear it - in public too, to make it even worse.


Picture of proof:

 1000 thanks to my ney collegue Hamdi from Luxor. He saved me some serious embarassment and did the knok ast night - after I had failed to notice that the tie isn't one of those already tied ones - because I wouldn't have had the slightest idea what to do with it myself. Thanks Hamdi, I owe you!

Please excuse the slightly shiny look I have on those photos. I took them after first walking about 20 minutes to the hotel and then sitting in the lobby for 3 1/2 hours when the AC had stopped only minutes after my arrival due to yet another power blackout (which lasted until I left at 1:30pm). And that at 32 to 34°C with 60% humidity outside and what felt like 40 to 45°C inside with zero air movement or oxygen. At times I seriously felt like I was not getting any oxygen at all and dangerously close to fainting.
And of course - no guests. 3,5 hours sitting, smiling at noone in particular, sweating and suffocating in a clown's costume. Great start for a day. 

In the afternoon I was supposed to be at the office. I went early to escape the lack of power (and thus lack of  AC and running water at my room). Only to fnid out that the office had been affected by the blackout as well (which is not always the case). But after a few minutes power came back on - for a while. After the power (and all our computers) had gone out another 6 or seven times by about 4:30pm we stopped counting. 
And when does such thing occur? Sure, on the busiest day of the week when everyone's coming in for the weekly settlement day when the whole week's worth of work is accounted for. Fun...

Worst day concerning power so far. 

Greetings from HRG,


Anne