My Greek Olympics: Getting started

Sandwich shop:

George had said he found a place near by that sold sandwiches and they were good, so I said to get me one. George said that a girl will deliver them and she was really good looking. Of course this was George speaking and he was a bit of a pervert. So I ordered and a few minutes later there was a buzz at the door and Marcini went down to get the door. A couple of minutes later George walks in with Vikki and the sandwiches. She was about 19 and very pretty. She was from Albania, but the Greek area so she could live in Greece. She had a high pitched voice but she could speak English very well.

I got the sandwich and paid her, she was very friendly and happy to meet us. Marcini had a look of "Ok get out", Marcini was not that attractive and Vikki just made her look that much less. The sandwich place was just around the corner and we would go there once in a while, Vikki would be off delivering food and we would say hello. George always wanted to go there to see Vikki, George is such a pervert and it was embarrassing to see him drool over her. I would see Vikki off and on, but she was going to school and she would not work much during the year.

Yurgos owned the sandwich place and he was happy to see us, especially David. David had a large appetite so the sales that day would be good for him. Sometimes we would go over and sit at one of their tables and eat. Yurgos would give us a shot of Raki or something. Everyone who worked there was very friendly and always seemed happy to see us. They mostly served sandwiches and ice cream and it was a small place so they couldn't do much. The sandwiches were called Toast so you ordered a ham toast or turkey toast.

Apartment:

At this time, I also got my apartment, but it had no furniture so I would have to buy some. I didn't like the furnished places, so I was told I could get the company to provide money to buy the furniture. George had a friend who knew people and we went one Saturday to look and buy. I got a coach, table and chairs, an arm chair, a small desk and a futon. Then I would buy my stove, washer and refrigerator at another place. I was still in the hotel till the end of June, since the furniture wasn't going to be delivered till then. I had found the place through Ari, he knew a woman who had a place and he gave men the number. I liked it more because there was no furniture and I could get what I wanted, I should have gotten a furnished place, but.

When I finally moved into my place, I didn't have much to fill it. The apartment was on Omirou Street, on the slope of Mt. Lykabettus in the Kolonaki area, but was more near the University. I was only a block from Trep's office and about a mile or so from the MOC. Around the corner was a small market and on the next block was a small, very small bar called "Low Profile". Up the street and down a bit, there were lots of bars and restaurants, though I didn't go to them, just walked by. My place was 92 square meters, which is about 900 square feet. I didn't have anything in the place at first and I never really filled it with stuff nor really need that much space. I had to buy the refrigerator and stove, plus washer, but I didn't get them right away, I had work to do and not a lot of time.

Altec:

David was man-handling Altec and they were complaining to their "friends", who we are sure they bribed. Altec was to put in the network, but they never showed up, and always made an excuse. Finally they showed up to do the phones and network, but after 3 hours of doing nothing they left. David was pissed and through them out, we were going to put the network together our selves, namely me. We found an electronics store and purchased the tools and equipment. I crimped the cables and connected the ports, plus set up the phone lines. We got an electrician in to make sure the wiring was right and with in a few days had power, phone and a network.

Watching the Fire Brigade:

We went to the Fire Brigade to observe how they operate and get a scene of what is done on a standard call. They all were in a big room and a large table was in the middle, a set of "windows" were on one side of the room. The people at the table would answer the phone and write down the information, they would yell to another guy who would come and get the paper. The paper would be handed to a guy in one of the windows how would call on the radio to send a vehicle. This involved a lot of yelling and handing paper back and forth.

We were giving them a system that would do all of this on a computer screen and take a way the yelling, plus have a record of the calls. In the new offices, we were going to have the phones in a different room, the radio in a different room and a wall in between. When they moved up to the new office, they had the partitions removed so they could yell between the rooms. Kind of defeated the whole purpose of the system, and just interfered with how they new system was supposed to help.