day one, downtown

 i rode the light rail into work downtown at the bank. i went to the security desk and said i was a transfer and was told if i have a badge then scan it. so i did. i went to the floor i was assigned to, riding up with a mailroom employee. so i went there first and introduced myself. fairly simple in remembering their names as it was the same two names of friends of a college roommate. then i went to the check shop, where people were waiting for me. this included the techs setting up the inserter machine. one of them, the fellow iowan, joked about the red sweater being iowa state cyclone colors. it took a little time to get my footing, but i decided it was like assembling a puzzle, get started somewhere and it will take shape. there were some minor i.t. issues to overcome on having the two printers set up, but everything was operational by midday. thankfully, plan b was not needed. vacation replacement was there, and we got out as many checks as possible. senior leader said the most important thing was getting the i-pay file out, and we did as well. only one file was not printed, and not all of the overnights went out, but we likely can get caught up on monday. one internal customer kept sending instant messages, which was annoying me. not the same one as the previous day. i did get the tracking numbers from thursday sent but was mistaken as to what the dude wanted. found out it was the file that arrived late on thursday. even after calmly explaining what was happening, not good enough. i did sent a final message saying i did what i could and would likely get to his request on monday, then signed off and left. i didn't want to stay any longer trying to explain things to someone who wouldn't take no for an answer. senior leader bought lunch at a nearby sandwich place, fine with me. the setup even has a doorbell camera for when visitors arrive. when i emptied moving boxes and sent them to a larger cart in a corner of the main room, i spoke of it being like 'clyde the orangutan' from two clint eastwood movies, when ordered to scrap a car. i said i do change things 'when i see the value in it' and i am seeing some value already. there are three other rooms in the shop, all have doors on them. one had envelopes placed in it, next one check stock, third one my workstation. in the evening i went to get groceries at hy-vee in eagan. late in the evening i went on a walk and found 77 cents.