24/02 - Day 2 at Dagsverket

Today is Monday, and the second day of work at Dagsverket. Things are not so new anymore, so maybe this will be a shorter post.
Activities:
Today I worked with Geyer again, this time cleaning parking lots. We were 4 people, plus the teamleader - five and we had to clean 5 or 6 parking lots. They were mostly clean already, nothing much to do. The parts that were not clean but were outside our territory, although 20 cm away, we didn't clean. By cleaning I mean picking up the track, with a stick and a bucket. Gideon and I shared a bucket, as there were only 4 buckets. He was very friendly, we talked, we joked and laughed. Very relaxing atmosphere, as before. Gideon told me what I already knew about the company, that they provide work for drug or alcohol addicts, mostly to keep them busy and help them win some extra cash. But he also told me that that's how it started, but now they also provide work for simply unemployed people, like himself. I did not insist on it and didn't ask personal questions, will talk to the boss about it when I have the chance. We finished work early, we stopped for lunch at McDonalds, where the teamleader bought food for everyone. Well, "food". Then we had another hour or so to spare, so he took us to his house, where he had two adorable young bulldogs, and we played with them, Everyone was smiling, that was so nice. Before that we picked up some recyclable material and we took it to the factory again.
One of today's workers was clearly not so sober. Couldn't tell what he used to make himself less aware of the surroundings, but I was not the only one who noticed it, and it was pretty obvious, although he wasn't misbehaving or anything. What the Evin, whose name I forgot told us on the presentation day, was that the workers are told that they are not allowed to use drugs or alcohol during the working hours, and if they are noticed as having done that, they are sent home. This did not happen today.
I saw some abandoned bicycles at the wood chopping centre, and was looking at one. Geyer took a look at it and said he would bring some tools tomorrow to fix it or maybe he'll bring a bike from home. That would be so great. People are really nice here.
Also, at the end of the day, one of the other teamleaders, but not any of our 2 supervisors, said that tomorrow we should put ourselves on the list and we will also get paid. That would be super dooper fantastic, but let's not get too excited, as we don't know if it will happen or not.

Personal impressions:
Although a different work, today's job was again very easy. We were all relaxed, having coffee, talking to each other, playing with the dogs. It's pretty clear that it's not about the work the beneficiaries do, it's to help them have a sense of belonging and, as Gideon said, to keep them busy.