Bosses WITH NO RESPECT for workers

I was really happy and appreciative when my previous part-time (roadshows) job's boss called me up asking if I'm interested to work for a bridal shop for the Bridal Fair at Prangin Mall on 19th and 20th (today)....so of course, i grabbed the chance....after all its RM 50 per day....why not???Just for two days.....so that's basically how everything started and i met two bosses (husband and wife) who simply have no respect for others.


When my friend (Daphne) and I wanted to go to the washroom together....i mean why not when there are 8 people working at the same time and there weren't many or at that time, ANY customers.....it's just ridiculous that the boss (husband) stopped us and questioned us "why your all must go together ah??cannot one person go then come back another go ah??" Man...I don't see anything wrong....with 8 people working....if it was like only 2 people working....it will be very unreasonable for both of us to go to the washroom together....and in comparison....the other workers (their regular staff) got to go in pairs....OH HEY PLEASE....YOUR 50 BUCKS IS NOT EVERYTHING!....


Alas, we went too...after like standing there for 3 minutes listening to him babble....rite....the next thing that happened that got me furious was...."No one is to go eat dinner....Two of you (pointing at two of the other staff) go buy for the two of them (pointing at me and Daphne)...because it's already 7pm...." What a lame excuse.....and when I retorted to that saying that why not they go buy back...then Daphne and I will go buy ours...at least we get to buy what we want to eat, no? Come on, not like he pays for our meals....so who are you to stop us from eating what we desire...and most of it...i don't know what has 7pm got to do with us eating....we are humans after all....we need food to keep us standing all day for like say 10 hours (already counted the times we got to sit which is another part of this story)....so i was thinking "Isn't it a very basic human rights that he's intruding now??"


Okay...dinner over....he told another girl and I to go peep at another booth (another bridal house's that is which had very good business)....and to peep at their photo albums....ridiculous!!and he went over to Daphne and said this "Why did just let the customer go like that....you can always snatch them back from the opposite booth...." He pays us RM50 for 11 hours work and expecting us to 'snatch' customers from other booths....which is so unethical....*sighs*


Let's go on.....whenever we sat down he would stare at us.....mannnnn....think what....we are humans with aching legs due to prolonged standing in high heels....not robots....and even robots, will run out of battery, won't it??It's very, very unreasonable coming to this stage....that both of us almost decided to walk out on them....but to hold onto my personal principle, I decided to work today anyway....since I have made my promise beforehand....


So, my legs hurt like nobody's business and after soaking in hot water, how good a pain relief it was....but this morning i woke up all groggy...and puked i did....But, I still have to go because I won't let my friend down like that...leaving her there....so I went....

But, indeed my head was spinning periodically...and my legs (in heels) hurt worse than yesterday....that made me decide to tell the boss (wife) that I wish to work half-day only today...she said "Okay...if not later you pengsan"....So...yeahhh....GREATTTT!!...and then...she said i can leave at 3pm!!YAY....

We didn't get to go buy our lunch till 2.15pm!!!Actually, both Daphne and I brought food from home...mine was in tupperware and hers in styrofoam container....but if we get a chance to go somewhere else (which happened to exist.XD) to sit, we will of course...we ain't stupid ok!...So we went to that 'somewhere' on pretext of buying food...we sat for 15 minutes before leaving....that wasn't at all over the limits....i actually timed 15 minutes....then we went to get some bubble milk tea and got back to our booth....

Then, we took out our food and eat....Holy crap....at least 3 pairs of eyes were focused on us and our food! Don't we have time-out when having our meals??How rude they were to stare at us..but obviously, it wasn't simply stares....they were 'checking' out our food...and i saw the boss (wife) tell another girl that i sort of cheated to go buy food...but ended up eating my own food from home....so even if i did cheat...SO WHAT???I have my rights of doing anything during lunch hour don't I???as long as i didn't do anything against you bugger bosses and your hopefully, soon-to-die business....and then that girl...who had been talking to me nicely, stabbing the boss (wife) in front of me.....stabbed me from behind...."Yalo...somemore put in TUPPERWARE lo"...What in the world she thinks she is doing???" I got so pissed..that i almost went in front of her and said, "Now, you FATTY behsyiok zit i very health-conscious...must take tupperware go contain my food instead of putting in plastic....coz hot hot put in plastic no good la...."zzzzz....silly bugger...but it was already 2.45pm then....i thought to myself "why do i want to make enemies...when after all...after this job..or rather...after 3pm..i swear i don't know any of them (count Daphne out in this)...." So, i went on to do my job....


and at 3.15pm....i officially walked out on them...the boss (husband) was kind of mad and pissed off when i told him it's time for me to go...and courteously i said thank you.....I was sort of happy to see him pissed....but i feel bad on the other hand that Daphne had to stay on.....and I'm wondering if they are going to talk any bad about me to my previous boss who recommended the job to me.....HAH HAH....but hopefully after all that I have done for that boss, she will know what type of worker I am....if you treat me well....i will not do anything against you.....if u treat me with no respect....just don't expect me to give you my best....that is simple isn't it?


I had not whined a word....even when i had to work till past 12am..helping them clear the roadshow things the last time i worked for her (the other boss)....in fact, i volunteered to do so....and even after i no longer work for her, I volunteered to come back and serve one particular caucasian customer....whom I served back then....and I was almost always the last person to eat dinner....and i really went all out in my job.....so guess....i'm not afraid of the useless people badmouthing me....

It had been a pretty bad weekend for me i guess...that made me decide I will not take up anymore part-time jobs other than from Channel Blue....that's it!...after all...the RM50 is not really what i'm looking at....The main reason i took up this job was to show my appreciation to the previous boss of mine for having a thought on me to the extent calling me up to see if i'm interested in this job....and also I was touched by her call early in the morning on the day when SPM results came out....so...guess that's all for now.....

RanD0mitY.

This post shall be full of random items....i suddenly felt the randomness in me =) and it's going to be a post full of pictures.....to make up for the previous posts with only words in them..heh heh...

but there's something that i won't randomise here : the chronological order of the events that took place....

28/3/2008 : Bowie's birthday....

So, I specially went to Channel Blue today to celebrate her birthday with everybody there....had some kind of mini party with KFCs, US Pizzas, fiZzy drinks...etc...I followed Bowie to the KFC over at KOMTAR (since Prangin doesn't have one)....and as soon as our order was made...pOOOOffffff........it went all dark!.....imagine a KFC without lights??? and no, the electricity didn't come back at all even till we left the outlet!...the only light noticeable in the entire outlet......was..........look at the picture below!!

the chicken!!!!....focus of the entire KFC outlet!!...so I guess the generator only generates electricity to the main attraction of KFC....chicky..chicky..chicken!!!!

Few days later....

I went for cheng beng at Teluk Bahang.....climbed all the way up that hill full of graves...pssst...I was called the 'Alien' that day.....why???



HAH HAH!!! That's me! Can't recognise?? For those of you who knows I have a very troublesome nose and a pair of cranky lungs plus always-go-crazy goblet cells as well as antibodies which always...ALWAYS overreact, these explain all....hah hah...surreal?? I was down with fever on the day right after cheng beng last year....and had to see the doctor who shrieked (not really...but she did crank up a bit) "Can't you just NOT go???Finding troubles for yourself!"

ps. NO LAUGHING ALLOWED!!!!! >.<

On the way back from Teluk Bahang, i managed to capture a picture which I like a lot with my 2.0 megapixel camera phone....so forgive me for the poor qualities...all the photos taken for this post are from the same source....

serenity.tranquility.beauty.picturesque.

4 - 6/4/2008 : KL nothing-better-to-do-fun-trip XD

The only donuts outlet we have in Penang is Missy Donut...or wait, do we have Dunkin's donuts around???not too sure about that...but we never see droves n droves of people queueing up for the round, round thing some with a punctured centre and some with a centre puffed up....nicely decorated with nuts, chocolate, strawberry or even cheese....and the situation in KL is totally on the opposite....look.....

J.Co Donuts (Sunway Pyramid)....i left with two dozens of the colourful roundies....(I know it sounds a lot like 'undies' meeep ><)

if you are observant, there were three rows of queue....

Beauty of nature : Sunset (viewed from North-South Expressway)

one word...AMAZING.....

Finally....my recent new love : Starbucks' Ice Blended Chocolate Cream!!!!

Starbucks beats Coffee Bean flat on this.....sorry Coffee Bean lovers~~ blehh....

Today, 17/4/2008

Went to Starbucks at Prangin Mall with Daphne....yumms.....the taste of the chocolate melts me....perfect dose to go HIGH!!!....

LIES

Why do people lie??

Dictionary.com defines it as a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood.

I will get particularly upset if im being lied to, who doesn't?? But, some people choose to just be ignorant about it.....but to me, it's a big thing....

Sometimes, I only choose not to upset the person who is lying, so i keep quiet about it.....but that doesn't mean i accept the lies im hearing......I want to hear the truth even if it hurts...because to know that someone is lying to me hurts me more...

Recently, I met a new friend whom i'm going to refer as X...we had great chats..weren't the I talk, X doesn't talk conversations..X questioned me a lot on the topics we randomly chatted about..were definitely two-way conversations....after awhile (3 weeks or around there)....I have completely no idea what happened....X disappeared from my msn....so i went through my chatlog with X over and over again...wondering if there was anything wrong in our conversations that caused this...but i assure u....NOTHING...everything seemed normal....

As a person who goes online everyday,especially on msn, I knew the probability for such a person to NOT on the msn at all for two weeks is near to zero....so there comes my thought about X (who had been online everyday since the first day we chatted, for the entire day, even if X was away).....so it striked me that X could have blocked me....but why??

so the story continues....

I saw updates on X's frienster profiles, uploaded photos...etc....so the reason of 'busy' that i pacified myself with earlier was again ruled out....then i took one of my friend's advice to email X...to find out the truth....i'm such of a person who just need to find out everything....and particularly, i cherish every friendship.....so i will go all out to check if anything went wrong.....

I waited.

for i think 8 days...and the reply came.....8 days is nothing because some of us do not check our emails for months....so i was fine with that.....

and X mentioned that nothing was wrong....just too busy to online.....i was happy learning that nothing was wrong....and X was just busy....I naively accepted it that way...although I knew it may not be that simple....it's natural for us humans to accept things the way we wanted it to be....

To this date, i can say i almost forgotten about X..due to all the busy scholarship stuff that i have been up to...till i decided to randomly check X's Friendster profile out....just for the fun of it...and guess what.....I saw VERY recently updated profile, shoutout etc....and X's Facebook activities were also extremely recent, like hours ago...so it didn't take long for me to wonder again, if X has been lying all this while??But, why?

I have decided not to ask X about it anymore...we stopped communicating (including emails) altogether now....it's not fair if i assume that X has been lying all this while....so i shall leave this story hanging as it is till this moment....

Back to the original topic, LIES...


Is it a neccesity or an excuse?Reflect.

A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed

The title is clear...it's a famous proverb which almost every primary school kid knows...but how many of us are really a friend of such....Take just a moment and ask yourselves...

1. When was the last time you comforted someone because the person was heartbroken/sad/down?

2. When was the last time a friend of yours who was having troubles searched you up for a chat?

and most importantly, why do you think your friend looked for you though he or she still has many other friends around?

As for myself, when I'm sad, I will share my thoughts and whatever else that was bothering me. Close friends to me know this is the only mean that can make me feel better....not throwing things everywhere in the room, not slamming the door, not knocking my head against the wall! My reason? I feel much better after talking about my problem to my friend....

This post is supposed and meant to serve as a reminder to everyone....the next time a friend approaches you when he or she is in trouble, try to be as considerate as possible...and comfort, support him or her back....because this is what you need the next time you are down.....

Whatever else can come after your friend has calmed down.....like if you think you want to help your friend rationalise his or her problem....because more often than not, nobody who is down wants another person to rub salt at the wound....it hurts....not only because of the problem he or she is facing but it also hurts your friendship....

Yes, i admit this post came in after my personal experience with a friend (im sure you know who you are)..i was glad that you realised it....because honestly i was a bit worried if it will permanently damage our friendship...after all the things i said.....and also after all the things you said....well...i appreciate the openness we share...at least...now nothing is damaged....=)

So...to everybody out there....your friend in need...needs your support and comfort...and not to be forgotten, my favourite...teehee HUGHUG!!(*winks* at Raymond, Mervin and my close gal pals..you guys know this works wonders for me XDXDXD)..

Remember to be there for your friend in need ok? ;) and don't hesitate to talk things out with your friend when the need arises to avoid any misunderstandings and damages to your friendship....a good friend doesn't come falling through the sky....it came through mutual respect.....or at least this is what i think....


Think of yourself in your friend's position!

JPA INTERVIEW OVERRR!!

Teehee...yeppp.....JPA interview is over and done with, officially at 3.50pm, 3rd April 2008! I don't know what to say...but would consider myself lucky. The question I got was "Name a personal achievement which you are proud of and why?"

I would say this is a very nice question because it's a personal question and not factual! I loveeee it! But then again, im not going to be over-confident about it. Probably a 50-50 chance....but hopefully i do get it.....

I had the chance to look through a list of common interview questions the night before...and this question was one of it....so its GRREAAAAT!!!..but somehow...i think i was a tad bit too nervous...thank goodness i didn't crank everything up....just abit here and there when the adrenaline finds their spot in my head! *chuckles*...

I'm too tired of all these scholarship stuff that have been boggling me down ever since SPM results were out!...So, it's time to take a short break....going to KL tomorrow and will be back on Sunday!...Cheerio to all....Take care.....

=)