Riannon enjoys her role as a frontline manager at Macintosh City Council. She is responsible for managing a group of eight administration officer who provide a range of services to local residents. Jakob has recently joined her team after completing his Higher School Certificate.
On Friday afternoon she invites Natiq, one of the more experienced members of the team, into her office for a chat. Rhiannon enjoys the opportunity each week to 'catch up on the gossip' with team members. she is keen to talk to Natiq about some rumoured changes that are likely to be introduced to the employee flexitime arrangements. She knows the team is going to be unhappy about the changes.
During their afternoon chat Natiq confides in Rhiannon that he will need to leave early of Friday to see a relationship counsellor. She and her partner, Thomas, have been having some problems lately. Rhiannon makes the appropriate diary entry and then proceeds to tell Natiq about the rumoured changes to the flexitime. She agrees with him that if the changes are implemented, team members are going to have to give more notice of their intention to take a flexiday. They are not going to be happy!
Later in the afternoon, Jabok asks to speak to Rhiannon. He would like to leave early on Friday. She explains to Jakob that Natiq has already booked the day as he has to see the counsellor. While Jabok is in the office Rhiannon takes the opportunity to show him a funny email that she received from her friend. Rhiannon assumed that Jakob would be pretty broad-minded as he was so young.
As he was leaving her office, Jakob asked Rhiannon if it would be okay if he used a CD from the office stationary to copy an assignment that he needs to work on over the weekend. Rhiannon told him to take a box of CD's from the cupboard- they wouldn't be missed.