The Lost of Basic Courtesy

Nowadays, I find that many take things for granted and that they ought to deserve certain things. Simple things like when you are driving and you need to jump queue. Do you show a hand signal saying "Thank You"? When you get something from someone, do you say "Thank You"? Or when someone calls you, and there is a "Missed Call", do you return the call? Or do you reply the sms?

Recently, I sent a friend A, a birthday gift. He resides overseas. In that envelope which was addressed to him, I also inserted a gift for a friend, B. The gift took a week to reach. B emailed me and thanked me. But I have not heard from A, not sms, not email, not a phone call. That's strange. If A acknowledged and B didn't, I would think that A has not passed it to B. But B called, so definitely A has received it. But what I am coming at is, why is it so hard to say thank you and appreciate what a friend has gone through to do for you. Young people. I think they ought to go back to school.

Construction vs Constructive Division

Horrors of horrors - my very first ad that I did.... instead of "Our Organization comprises of Construction Division", it was "Our Organization comprises of Constructive Division". That's a very big difference and it went out to the whole of Klang Valley. We sometimes take things for granted, and especially this, it has been read many times, so nobody noticed that. I will be double careful in the future! Phew!

Irritating Ring Tones

I am sure most of you have called your friends and then instead of the old fashion ring tones, you now get to hear music. Some music are ok and some are really loud and blasting. It is really irritating, and since it is so loud, you got to put it away from your ear. And when you put it away from your ear, you won't know when your friend picks up. Sometimes, try calling your own handphone and feel it.

Updates on the Receptionist

Wednesday - November 7, I received a sms from the Receptionist, saying still on MC. Will be back to work on Friday! I was furious, and said, only one hand is painful. You can walk to the clinic to get a MC but can;t walk to work. She said this time MC is for gastric. There were lots of exchanges of sms which is too long for here. Today, she came back, making a lot of noise, closing the drawer loudly. The doctor wrote it was her left hand that was injured. And she was carrying a heavy large file with her left hand together with some lettters. How can a muscle-torn hand recover so soon? Anyway, the MD called her in and lectured her. He said if she doesn't like it, she can hand-in her resignation letter. She went to the toilet to cry and talked to the boyfriend. She came back and started packing. I asked her, "what are you doing?" She said, "I am leaving". I told her she can't just leave like that, need to give one month notice.She said she will pay back. etc. So the end of this gal...

Do You Use Your Hand To Talk?

My receptionist sms me this morning to say that her hand is swollen and can't move. She said she is going to the doctor and will let me know what the doctor said. I replied her, as a receptionist, you use your mouth to talk not your hand. Your legs are ok, you can walk and take a bus to work. Later on, she informed me that her doctor gave her 2 days MC, because she tore a muscle on her hand. I told her, it is only one hand, not two hands, she can use the other hand to pick up the receiver. She said the more she use the other hand, that hand will be numb. She also mentioned that she has tonsillitis. But she was yelling over the phone at me. Sigh!
She actually applied a leave earlier on Tuesday, but because her MC also fell on Tuesday, she asked for her leave to be moved to Wednesday. I told her no, it is disruptive and she will be gone for 2 days and to have the substitute to sit there for the 3rd day, it will be unfair. She got mad and accused me of not understanding the Malay wedding custom and she didn't let me argue back, asked me to "Shut Up!" and she hung up the phone. I sent her a sms telling her that it was very rude of her to ask me to "Shut Up" and hang up the phone. She called back later to say she didn't hang up but her phone battery was dead. I scolded her - doesn't mean i am a chinese I don't know Malay wedding custom. She didn't even apologise for asking me to "Shut Up". I gave her a warning letter for being rude.