While most of us will be celebrating the Christmas holidays with friends and family, a number of persons will have to put such feting aside, at least for a few hours, and report for duty.
This year, Stabroek News chatted with a few Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) telephone operators who’ve served the company from three to 19 years. They will be reporting for work on Christmas Day. Most of them, like the charming Manager (AG) of the Call Centre, Stacy Leslie, are looking forward to the five-hour shift and plan to take the ‘Day’ in their stride.
Stacy has over 19 years of service at the company and gleefully recalled her first Christmas working at the call centre. She shared her experiences as a switchboard operator, supervisor and at her current post, noting that she is happy to connect persons with their overseas relatives during the Christmas season. While Stacy lauded the