Thursday, November 27, 2008

My first enemy in the company

Juicy headlines eh? Just 3 weeks into my employment and I have already have an enemy in the office. Well, it's up to you to imagine who it is.

It all began on the first day of work. There she was, in all smiles, asking me if I wanted a cup of coffee. I politely refused cos it didn't seem very nice to accept anything from strangers. Then she just walked off and asked the others if they would like some coffee. She's a common sight, always hanging out in the pantry and talking to anyone who walks in. Seems like the whole company is on very good terms with her. Even an ex-staff who left last week came back to find her to chat.

Oh and I do greet her every morning with a smile! She would acknowledge by smiling back at me. It was until recently that I realised she wasn't all nice to me.

I was in the pantry and trying to find some coffee, until another colleague came in and showed me where it was. Then I took a porcelain cup from the rack and a voice just blurted out from behind.

那些杯不可以拿的!你要就自己带自己的杯。是他们开会时用的。

Er.. if we can't use it, then why is it on display? Or shouldn't someone just put a notice there saying that those cups were not meant for normal staff? Anyway, I didn't had the mood to drink coffee anymore so I went back to my desk.

Yesterday, I went to make myself some Nescafe with the sachet that I have brought to work. I've already brought my mug, and I saw her washing some cups at the basin. So, I emptied the coffee powder into my mug, took one spoon from the utensil holder and was waiting for my turn to use the basin. I could see her turning her head incessantly, left and right, just to see what I was doing.

Well, never mind, I just waited. But impatience walked out of me when she's taking a tad too long to wash the cups, so I placed my mug on the hot water dispenser's tray and was about to give the spoon a fast rinse when she shouted at me

不可以用那个水来洗汤匙!

Wa sure boh just rinse with abit of hot water also want to shout at me ah? Fine! I waited for her until she's done and then I wash my mug. I could hear her already muttering under her breath.

That was still tolerable.

As Kopi Peng is my favourite, I will make myself the drink during some afternoons, and she'll always be sitting in the pantry watching my movements. Firstly, I empty the ice from the tray into the ice box, and I empty it FULLY before filling up the tray with water to the brim, and then placing it back into the freezer. And while I was washing the spoon yesterday, she was emptying the ice trays which were filled with broken pieces of ice, obviously by someone who anyhow twist the ice trays and not like me, A FULLY TRAINED ICE TRAY TWISTER.

And you know what? I could hear her muttering loudly:

不懂哪一些人 hor 每次拿冰块乱乱拿的。喝什么咖啡冰。。

I could already hear a choo choo train in my head. Never mind, lin pei lun somemore.

Today was a nice day to go for a pee. At exactly 10 am my little brother urged me to go for a spray, and lo and behold, that woman was in the Gents and she's about to start washing the floor. So instead of barging in, I politely asked her if I could pee for a while. She paused for a moment and I guess she has to think hard whether 10 seconds of me being intimate with little brother will do her harm or disrupt her cleaning routine. In any bloody case, she beckoned me to go and hurried me to pee fast. So ok, I quickly unzipped (in the cubicle and not in front of her) and forced didi with all the energy I have. Didi gladly co-operated and then I quickly ran out of the restroom so as she won't kpkb.

I sat on my chair and was about to start my work when someone, in the presence of the whole office and God, shouted at me:

阿Boy ! 小完便不用冲水的是吗??

That was the final straw from the straw dispenser. I immediately froze on the spot and I felt blood rushing to my face. What The Fucking Fuck? The whole office went dead silent and I caught Joslyn trying to contain her dark smile. Ok, I am so sorry if I forgot to flush but do you freaking have to single me out so loudly?? And all the vulgarities kept on ringing in my head while I walked past her and went to flush myself down the toilet bowl. She was still kpkb'ing and it irked me that much I wanted to stuff shit into her mouth. So paiseh lor !!

Walau I've never seen such a grumpy and disrespectful woman in my life before lor. Anyway, she has been marked by me already. I'm thinking of evil things to do back to her.

What's your suggestion?

Update - We are OK now! Kind of letting bygones be bygones.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

bro, kick her ass next time you see her cleaning a cubicle, slam the door and get out fast. harhar. -kor

sameshitdifferentdae said...

ha no la. I treat her as invisible now everytime i walk past her.

not worth my breath to greet her Good Morning sia. ha