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80. On 15th January 2018 we once again had a new starter in the team; Jalila Kessissa, a Dutch girl. She was initially very friendly with me and all others in the team but her main characteristic was that she arrived too late for her shifts quite regularly. This annoyed Susana Martin tremendously and she complained about it to me on several occasions. Soon afterwards Jalila Kessissa started a relationship with Jose Luis Aznar and her behaviour towards me became much cooler. That Susana Martin regularly complained about Jalila Kessissa arriving too late for her shifts, became another reason for Jose Luis Aznar to be frustrated with Susana Martin.

81. On 23rd, 24th, 25th and 26th January 2018 I finally got my Poker training. I had looked forward to that for a very long time as it was the only product I had a real affinity with. It was also a good way to be away from the toxic atmosphere in the team for some days. The course was interesting and good fun, with lots of laughs, in the group that was made up of members of the different language teams. It was a great occasion to learn to know these people better and see how a pleasant atmosphere was perfectly possible in the department. It made me see even clearer how bad the atmosphere was in my own team, something that definitely diminished my enthusiasm to return to my own team although I still liked the job a lot. On 25th January 2018 both Kieran Vandenhoeck (8h00-16h00 shift) and Hamid Ringelberg (9h00-17h00 shift) called in sick meaning that there would be no one present in the Dutch/Flemish team till 16h00. Jalila Kessissa would be there in the morning but she had only just started so was unable to work alone yet. During that morning the trainer received a Skype chat from my management in which I was asked to leave the Poker training and go to my desk to work. As soon as the trainer communicated that to me during a break I went to my desk without discussion. When I arrived in the customer service department office, I bumped into Jose Luis Aznar who had come in on his own accord on his day off to work as he had seen the emails mentioning the sick leave from home.

82. I was very surprised by Jose Luis Aznar' action as it was entirely contradictory to his past behaviour and eternal negativity. As Jose Luis Aznar was now present to attend to the Dutch/Flemish customer queries, I was sent back to the Poker training which was a huge relief for me as I definitely wanted to complete the Poker training for my future career

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