So what's going on with the Christmas bowling spectacular this year? Well, we needed
few more people, so that... Guess what? What? What? My team's gonna win this year. I'm really
sorry. It's my turn. Who cares, who cares. I care. The main thing is that I'm already
in, because last year what a hoot we had. The best part was that we got to go home at
lunchtime. [laughter] Never happens. Hey Sarah, what about you? You smashed it last year.
I want you on my team. When is it? Next Friday. Nah, can't make it I'm really busy. I've gotta
go straight home after work. Oh come on Sarah, it'll be great. Don't you remember last year?
Nah guys, I can't. I've got stuff on. And I wouldn't be any good at the moment anyway.
[background noise] What's going on? I don't know, but she seems so stressed out this morning.
Well yeah, but who doesn't get stressed sometimes? I think she just wants to be on my team, that's
all. Get out of here. I'm making sure she's on mine. She's my team mate. I'm sorry, I'm
taking the Lamington and I'm going home. [background noise] Excuse me. [background noise] Hey Sarah.
We should get some more stock for here, huh? How's it going? Fine. I'm pretty busy. I was
wondering if you had time for a cup and a chat after lunch. What about? Who's gonna
look after this? Well, I'd organise someone to cover you for an hour. I just want to have
a chat about how you're travelling. It's nothing to worry about. You've been here five years
now, and you're a valued and experienced member of our team. Thanks. See you at 2 PM? Okay.
So, I'll just shoot this email and be with you. So, how are you at the moment? Yeah,
pretty good. Just got a lot going on. At work? Is you're workload too much? No, no. It's
fine really. Is there anything else going on? You haven't been yourself lately. I've
noticed you seem a bit stressed and distracted. Is anything troubling you? I'm going through
some stuff with my boyfriend. I don't really want to talk about it. Haven't slept properly
in ages. I feel exhausted, but I can't relax, I can't switch off. Don't need to tell me
about it or go into detail if you don't want to, it's okay. Do you have anyone that you
can talk to? No. It's fine. It is, really. My younger sister, Miriam, she went through
a tough time last year. You might have met her at the training day. Anyway, she was really
flat and barely sleeping. We were all really worried about her. Yeah? How is she now? She
spoke to her doctor about it and got some help. She's doing much better. I hadn't thought
about seeing my doctor. It might help to talk to someone about what's going on. We have
an employee counselling service that is completely confidential. You can talk about whatever
you want, not only work stuff. Here's the number. It might also be worth having a chat
with your doctor. Yeah. It might help. Also, this one here has some information in it about
sleep and relaxation, and general health and well being. All you need a bit of good sleep,
huh? Yeah. How about we catch up later in the week and see what we can do at work to
help, huh? Yeah. That sounds good. Okay. Let's do that then. So I called that number you
gave me, the employee assistance thing. It was actually really good just to unload. I've
got another couple of phone sessions booked in and I am seeing my doctor next week. Good.
I want you to know, if there is anything here that we can help, then we will. Like varying
your duties or rotating you through our stations for some more variety, so that you can concentrate
better. We could also put a temporary plan in place to help you over this month and we
would review it weekly to see how you're going. What kind of plan? Well, it has to be a plan
that we're writing together, huh? And, include a range of duties that you will do here. And
if we decide to make any adjustments to your shifts, then we will include that in there
as well. You can even get advice from your doctor. We could try it. Good. Have you got
any ideas about how we could assist you with your work? [pause] Good. Are you feeling okay
about all of this? Yeah. I think the plan is looking good. Do you think that anyone
else in the team has noticed that I'm not really quite myself? I think a few people
are a bit worried about you. Do you feel comfortable about telling them about what's going on?
Yeah, maybe. Okay. Okay. And just let me know if you would rather I have a chat with them,
if you are not up to it. I would say only what you tell me to, nothing more. And Sarah,
I want you to know I really value your work here. I want you to be well and happy. Thanks.
It means a lot to me.