Evelyn Tan

Ask me about how work is please!
This is how the conversation with him sounded like when he de-brief me about my performance for the past three weeks:

Boss: I just want to be frank with you.
Me: Yeah ok
Boss: You don’t message me when I m away and ask me if I have work for you to do. You know why?
Me: (!&*#$^#*&$^*&^$%) Why?
Boss: Because it may make me form the impression that you don’t have initiative to find work to do in the office.
Me: (WHAT!!*(&#(*(#*%^(*#%) Ok…
Boss: You don’t seem to be interested into this line; I don’t see enthusiasm and fire in your eyes. You look sickly. I am quite sure that you will not stay in this line (bloody hell I am wasting my time on you when I know I wouldn’t be able to recruit you in the future as an agent) You know, its hard for me, because I will be teaching you things, but you will be leaving after 7 weeks, all that I taught will be washed down the drain. It should be a win-win situation.
Me: I don’t agree to what you said, I message you to ask you if you have any thing for me to do, as I thought you may have important stuffs for me to help you handle, since you are away from the office. I could have not message you at all, and just act as if I am not done with my work.
Boss: (bloody hell come and rebut me)
Boss: That was just one incident. I jus want to be frank with you. I want to show you how working life is like. You know I meant initiative like I asked you to show me your CPF statement from sing pass since the 1st week till now I haven’t seen anything. I know that you have to go home late, due to your commitment in dance, but you see you are at a disadvantage compared to those that don’t have CCA. No time is a reason I accept.
Me: (!*(^%(*#%*(^% can you go and use your brain a not! CPF statement are Private and Confidential stuffs, I am sent here to work for you not to buy any policies for you if you are thinking about selling me – which you told me you ask Raymond – my colleague to work on that. Next you don’t even make sense when you talk about the messaging incident. Come on no time is not the reason then what; you want me to come office to work sleepy the next day?) I will work on my sing pass.
Boss: the previous attachment girls came and clean the tables imitatively. That is just one example. You know now out there, bosses don’t just look at degree. Degree is nothing; it’s the fire in your eyes. O’ level is enough to make money. You look sickly and show no enthusiasm in your work.
Me: (PLEASE! Think before you speak. NO degree is ok? Then why is everyone working like a dog for it? Come on, are you preaching for me to stop school now? And please the cleaners are here to do the job, I am not attached as a cleaner, they are even cleaning the tables!)
Me: ok
Me: Oh I m just curious how the previous attachment work scope was like. Did they did telecommunication too?
Boss: Yeah ……. Erm they did yeah the same things
Me: So did they manage to get anyone down for interview?
Boss: No
Me: (F* I already prove my enthusiasm here already, if I am not enthusiastic enough I would have jolly well not call and say all are not interested, let alone be bothered to write foot notes when you didn’t even ask me to)
Me: I think it’s quite an accomplishment to get someone down for interview then (which he did turn up ok! Your interviews some don’t even turn up! Just take the open house for example no one turn up on your side and I had ONE!)
Me: Though you said that my friend who turned up for the open house showed no interest, but I manage to talk to him and make him come down (just blame it on your brain washing power sucks ok! Interest part is supposes to be done by you la!)
Me: Can I ask you something too? I was just curious if your son were to bring up to you after he finish his o-level, saying that he don’t want to continue his studies anymore, wouldn’t you be supportive?
Boss: Oh yes of course! Why not! I will ask him to go into business
Boss: Pauses-
Boss: I meant you know as long as you score for the important subjects, subjects like history and geography is ok to be weak at.
Me: Oh you mean if someone with full As were to come to you and Someone with As for English, Chinese and Math were to come to you, you will choose the one with the minimum As?
Me: (Come on la, this practice is not preached outside and not PRACTISED AT ALL)
Boss: I will need to see fire in his eyes then I will employ him
Me: (ok then I wish that someone will come into your room and refuse to leave after the interview. Please make sure you employ him, cause he definitely have FIRE! In his eyes!)
Boss: I will actually encourage him to further his studies if is capable to do so
Me: (PLEASE! You will not encourage him to stop at all la! What go into business! Non-sense I thought you said O-level is enough to make money. Then why waste your son’s time to study more. Stop la! Make more money ma! Talk so much, then contradicts yourself!)
Me: (Who was the one that make me take an umbrella and go down to pick you up from the coffee shop? I will be intact with water, let alone come into the office freezing. How not to be sick! And I just fall sick once! Now everyone is coughing and having flu in the office! You expect me to be strong! WTH! You go and employ superwoman la!!()&%#)(&%)(#&%)(&#%)(#&%#)
Me: I think the agents are all sick too. It’s passing around. I can’t help it sorry.
Boss: No boss likes sickly people actually, but I understand.
Boss: oh yes, be clear on your foot notes, like for example when you write “in Ns” you never prompt to ask their ORD dates. This is how you can lengthen your call each time too.
Me: (Bloody hell, your call time also not as long as me, its about the same lo. Talk so much in the first place you never ask me to put down footnote k! THAT IS INITATIVE! And please your calls are not successful as well la! And I have one! )
Boss: Picks up the phone and start calling numbers
NO ONE PICK UP!
Me: (Can you admit the fact that its not an easy job and stop thinking so great about yourself! Who on mother earth will be ok when you suddenly call and ask so many personal question, they will definitely ask you what is it about, after they show no interest, they will want to put down! THAT IS HUMAN NAUTRE)
Boss: How long does your call last? I know you did get an appointment. But he was willing to do the job without you “selling” it to him. A true good sales person is when someone says no and you change his or her decision to a yes.
Me: (CAN YOU BLOODY HELL DEMO TO ME THAT YOU CAN DO THAT BEFORE YOU EXPECT A ATTACHMENT GIRL TO DO SO!)
Me: 2-3 minutes
Boss: That’s very short, you can use the 5 Ws and one H to prompt more
(And he goes on and on about tactful skills how to lengthen call times)


above conversation is in random order. It may not make sense but it will somehow. I am too lazy to edit

but what is most stupid is the next day he ask me to go back to his office to work part time and get paid 7 bucks. Gosh.

Haiz last thing
i still suck at dance. Thanks smile
eve out