My last days at Sykes

It took me two weeks to post this entry... why? I really don't know... Ive been busy yes but even if I am I know I can find the time to jolt this down... 

perhaps I still feel some parts of me left at Sykes... for  five years its been my second home... the carpet, the pantry, the break room, my chair for 3 years my personal stuff on top of my station... my own little secluded world at sykes... at BCT.

I can roam around with my eyes closed...I know where I am just by using my sense of smell... not because it stinks but I have associated the smell to the person occupying the station... the smell of chips and country style bagels on poppies bay... the smell of alcohol on Alex's station... the smell of dips and chips on my bay (thanks to joseph) and so on and so forth. 

It took me two weeks to write about it because I wanted to take away the emotions and see things as detailed as possible... remember things as clearly as it was yesterday... but I wish that it was just easy... I wish it was but it wasn't.

Aug 9, My team surprised me with a team building which they planned... they rented a suite and prepared food for everyone... they even invited almost everybody from my previous agents to my co TM's. Being with Sykes as a manager I never thought that I deserved this kind of treatment... I always thought that they deserve (my team) something better I never expected it but I saw it coming... all this time I thought that it will be a simple day... food and chismisan lang and I know that its already enough for a send off party for me. In short I was overwhelmed and shocked. when I sat down at the sofa of the hotel... Cucci opened the DVD player and I saw a homemade movie composed of pictures of me and my team (basically my life at sykes)... and then everyone went out of the bedroom with food that they prepared food that's good for dinner breakfast and lunch for the ff day... when I checked the hotel ref... I saw beers lots of it and I knew that this will be an all night-er. They had me at the VIDEO... I was crying all night giving them my last bilin every minute... and thanking them every chance I got and at that point I knew that this will be harder than I thought.

Aug 14 my last day... the day that I will last badge in and badge out... The last day that I will sit at my almost empty station... the last day that I will hear them talk the last day that I will see people walking behind me through the reflection of my big mirror... which pinamana ko na kay Chin... the last day that I will listen to their calls... I was ready mentally, I guess... I know I wanted to do this but I don't know if I can still take it... I just cant... 9 hours have past... it seems that everything will go smoothly... until I started saying goodbye... I locked my pedestal and send my last report... I braced myself for something that Ive been scared to do... to say goodbye one last time... everyday I stationed myself at a place where everyone will pass to say goodbye this has been my routine for three years... and this will be my last. 

2:15 pm... the first batch of agents logged out... (my team and poppie's team) it was hard I've been close to poppies team I was poppies back up for so many times, actually there is just one instance na di nya ako ginawa backup... when we argued actually not argue but when I made fun of poppie and he got offended... he did not talked to me for days and he announced that malou will be his back up. I approached him and bitch slap him and ask him why he didn't choose me as his back up... then he laughed so hard and informed me that I will be on Vl too during those days so I cant backed him up... so i bid m farewell to his team and my team... 

2:30 pm... Cookie and mike''s team logged out... Cookie's team was considered as my pamangkin sa floor... their previous TM Erin cultured them this way and I kept it that way ever since... Mike's team is poppie's team before so i was also close to them since Day 1... the longest hour of my life.

3:00 pm... malou and Alex's team logged out... Alex's team is Ayen's team before... this team is the first team that became close to me since I was close to ayen... Malou's team was the team that was endorsed to production after my team so you can imagine how well we worked and jived together... 

and I thought that is it... I approached my fellow Tm's trying to hold my tears for as long as possible... but I failed... I have worked with this people for three years...through thick and thin and I am saying goodbye... I broke down... 

This should be a thank you blog not a goodbye blog... But I just cant help it being a pessimist...

my last days at Sykes was full of thank yous without you guys I will never be the person that I am today... to my Sykes Family... Accept my appreciation and my love and always  remember that you will always be missed.