the six o'clock syndrome

this is super frustrating. somehow, the work ALWAYS seem to FLOOD in at 6pm. M Company (i.e. the company i'm slogging for) somehow has this culture of waiting till the last minute. maybe i've proven to be a super-efficient worker way too many times. throw it to me and i'll get it done in a jiffy. now they're spoilt. now they always like to wait till the last minute to throw things at me. and it's always needed 'ASAP', 'now', 'immediately', 'urgent'.

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

*deep breaths*

soon.... soon this will be over...

*deep breaths*




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technoidiot

was chatting with my dear friend last night, and we were just exchanging 'stories' about our *cough*incompetent*cough* colleagues, and was thus inspired to write this post.

please be warned that the following might cause you to laugh out loud (very loud) and therefore if you are reading this during office hours, please proceed with caution.

you have been warned.

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so, i have this colleague whom we shall call Poppy. Poppy is rather peculiar, and although she's said to have a lot of experience in the industry, has launched a brand here in the hong kong market a few years back and was in some regional role in a major player in the industry, her actions and work don't really seem to reflect this.

anyways, Poppy is what i would call a... i don't know how to put this politely... technoidiot. yup. she is CLUELESS about technology (very very very basic skills with the computer), to the point of hilarity.

a few classic examples:

Poppy wanted me to send her some forms from XX Inc. so that she can work on the brief. so she pointed to the hardcopies on the table and asked me to email those forms to her. so i told her i only got the hardcopies from XX Inc.

and then she asked me, "you mean they didn't email you the software for those forms?"

for a moment, i went blank. completely.

then i realised she actually meant "softcopy".

so i told her, "no, i only have the hardcopies. XX Inc didn't send me the softcopies."

and then she said, "really?? they didn't send you the software of those forms?"

i wanted to laugh AND smack her head at the same time.

but i did neither.

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Poppy wanted to transfer her existing number to another telco/service provider, so she asked our administrator to check on it. so our adminstrator asked her what her current telco was.

(FYI, the telcos here in HK are: SmarTone-Vodafone, CSL, Peoples, 3, PCCW, Sunday, New World Mobility)

our dear Poppy answered, "3G."

at which point, another colleague & myself who were nearby were biting our lips to keep from laughing out. then our administrator repeated her question, "no no, what is the service provider you are currently using? is it SmarTone? 3?"

and then Poppy very indignantly replied, "3G!!!! it's 3G!!!" and then she pointed to the top left hand corner of the mobile phone screen and said, still very indignantly, "see, it says 3G here!!!"

at this point, it was physically painful to keep from laughing out loud. and therefore i must say that i have to hand it to my administrator (a young lass of only 24, mind you). she just very calmly said, "nevermind, i'll check it myself" and promptly took the phone from Poppy's hand.

*applause*

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you may now pick yourself up after being done rolling on the floor. ;)

A, B, X, Y

A little story about the mad way people work in M Company.

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Once upon a time, A prepares document X.

A then emails B document X.

A goes for meeting in country Y and doesn't have access to document X.

A asks B to email summary of document X.

B emails A document X.

A questions B (???!!!) regarding contents of document X.

B replies A that it is exactly the information as per contained in document X.

A asks B if B is sure.

B faints.


The end.