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Sunday, November 18, 2007

10:59 PM

Today I broke one of God's commandments, Thou shalt keep the Sabbath holy. I say this because I started work today.
As usual, it began on a pretty bad note. Came out of the MRT then went the wrong way. Again! And I clearly rmber that I did visit Somerset this week. Ugh. Stupid sense of direction. Did a mad sprint up to the 6th level, and almost walked straight into a pregnant lady clad in black. Stopped myself just in time and saw the nametag. Sonia! Bingo. Was supposed to report to her. Symbolically enough ( as if as an indication of how well the day was gg to turn out), first thing she said was,
" Change your shoes to black tmw"
Erm, okay.
She asked another promoter to help me sign in and all. This girl was quite pretty and tanned, and she talked to me along the way. Wan Ting, her name. We instantly struck a friendship, and coincidentelly she manned the wooden toy section next to mine. Introduced me to the other guy at the board game section, Wei Li. And I found out that I was the oldest among them. Gosh, that did NOT feel good. Haha.WT showed me around, and taught me alot of stuff, including some street smart tricks which she had up her sleeve. Very useful. Haha. Lessson learnt:
1) It's a jungle out there, in the corporate world. Almost everyone is out there to get you. But I guess this doesn't really apply to me since I'm fresh, so they don't really think of me as competition. But still ,that doesn't stop certain people from being mean and not allowing you to have similar dinner breaks.
2) "Spidermen", as WT refers to them. I guess she sticks to this phrase since it's not as obvious as saying backstabbers. Apparently, there are people watching your every step. Take the three of us, for example. We were happily doing our job when this staff came up to us and told us off for talking excessively and ignoring our customers. We would have been content with this expl if if wasn't for one eensy weensy fact. We had no customers in the first place. Most of them just wandering parents, pampering their already spoilt children.
3) WL has a thing for baseballs. He kept hanging on to at least one during his shift. So when he went for his break, WT and I were arranging my newly arrived stock when we saw about 6 balls in the box. So we hid them there and closed it, and when he came back, we asked him to open it. It was amusing. Haha.
4) Standing around all day, even in your most comfortable pair of shoes, can be bloody tiring. And I even got a blister. Not to say I was running around or anything, in fact I was just unsuccessfullu waiting for ppl to come over to my section. Sickening overpriced toys, lol.
5) I am such a greenhorn. Looking at the "helicopter" girl makes me feel inferior, bcos even my seniority cannot match up to her retailing talent. You would have thought she invented the gadget, the way she was at it. Plus her steady stream of customers, mainly men and boys, in comparison to the puny occassional mom-to-be or the tired mother with her whiny child in tow.

Nonetheless, I did hit it with the people around me, who are quite friendly. Yet to meet Annie though, who offered me the job. Mainly been texting her abt stufff. According to WT, she's like Sonia. Lol. Wished to go home with WT and WL, but they left earlier since they signed in earlier than I did, so boo. Pretty tired now. Omg I totally get what ppl mean when they become tired of slacking around. Trust me on this. And I get paid for this you know. Only I know how boring this was. Haha.

Going again next Sunday. Let's see if this time, I'm not smothered by the canopy of the corporate jungle. And oh yes, a plaster for my blister.