Recently I have been receiving calls from young women to aunties and even men asking me if I'm Karen and if I offer beautician services. That said, my name is not Karen nor do I specialise in beautician services. I'm just a simple multi-tasks executive in an extremely small company.
So anyhow, I have been paitiently answering all this calls from unknown numbers (and by unknown I meant numbers not saved in my phonebook) just in case they are someone I know that are calling me. And many times I have been greeted by people saying "Karen ar?". So I'll just sigh and say "Sorry. You got the wrong number.". And most of the times they will be embarrassed and said sorry before cutting the line. And there are times where the caller will insist that I'm Karen and trying to 'convince' me that I'm Karen. Here's how it goes.
Male Caller : Hello, Karen ar?
Me : Ah... No, sorry you got the wrong number.
Male Caller : Har? Wrong number ar?
Me : Yes. Wrong number.
Male Caller : What? Aren't you Karen?
Me : No I'm not.
Male Caller : How come? I call this number.
Me : Yup, I'm pretty sure I'm not Karen tho many have been calling MY number asking for Karen. But no. I'm not her.
Male Caller : Ah...... ok. Sorry. *click*
Also there are times where ridiculas aunty who thinks I'm just pulling her leg and don't want her business.
(Mind you this happened on a day I wasn't feeling well and wasn't in the best of mood.)
Aunty : Hello, Karen? (She was actually speaking in Hokkien)
Me : No, wrong number.
Aunty : Har? Okay. *click*
She calls back a few moments later when I was out to the washroom (I saw the missed call) and calls AGAIN when I came back.
Aunty : Hello, Karen? (This time in Cantonese)
Me : No. Wrong number.
Aunty : What wrong number? How can? Her number on the card says it's this number.
Me : *snap* How I know? The number on the card wrong, what does that got to do with me? *click*
Sigh... I'm pretty sure I'll feel guilty for doing that later but what the heck man. But I said wrong number and she refuses to believe me, what can I do? I hope no more aunties will be calling and 'accusing' me of withholding information from her.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
First Impression
I was thought by my mom that first impression is the most important thing when you meet with someone the very first time. You don't want to screw that up. So I went on with my life with that note of 'wisdom' instilled into my mind. May it be my dressing (well especially my dressing), my attitude or my behaviour, I always try my best to make a good first impression on whoever I'm meeting with. This, sad (happy?) to say that I too hold a greast importance on impression I have on people that I meet.
If you're an a**hole or a b**tard, by reputation or by my own observation, I'll dislike (hate?) you at sight. And pretty much nothing you can do down the line that will make me change my mind. Don't get me wrong, even if I have a good impression of you, that don't mean that I won't dislike you next time when you screw up. Just that the benefits is that I'll be less hostile and be civil and not think violent thoughts that I wish it upon you. Of course am not saying the first offender doesn't get a chance, just that you have to make a bigger impression to me that shows me that you're not the a**hole that I thought you were the first time.
But I have never met anyone who I can dislike even after I gave him a benefit of doubt. He, I would categorise as "Royally F**ked Up His First Impression" when I first got to know him. by being the sore loser and worse, a know-it-all. Then of course followed by being an insensitive idiot and a busybody. Enough said, he screws up every possible chance I reserves.
But but but, he's a colleague and a friend of a friend, hence I got to play nice. I try to be civil and all that. But I find it really hard. I admit I dislike the guy. And once someone manage to get into my nerve (and I must say, it's kinda hard to do), I find it hard to find a good point in the person and live with it. Natural instinct will tell me to attack and find his weak points. Once found, I go for the kill. So I don't like it when he's around like hanging out or having lunch with. He's a colleague, I can't chase him away even if I want to. Also, he will just follow even if I don't invite, so I can't escape. Sigh... What am I going to do? I may just resolve in stay in office to eat by myself occasionally or just plain ignoring him which I'm quite good at when he is around.
P/S: I am trying to like/tolerate the guy even though I don't like it. Sigh.. tis very hard...
If you're an a**hole or a b**tard, by reputation or by my own observation, I'll dislike (hate?) you at sight. And pretty much nothing you can do down the line that will make me change my mind. Don't get me wrong, even if I have a good impression of you, that don't mean that I won't dislike you next time when you screw up. Just that the benefits is that I'll be less hostile and be civil and not think violent thoughts that I wish it upon you. Of course am not saying the first offender doesn't get a chance, just that you have to make a bigger impression to me that shows me that you're not the a**hole that I thought you were the first time.
But I have never met anyone who I can dislike even after I gave him a benefit of doubt. He, I would categorise as "Royally F**ked Up His First Impression" when I first got to know him. by being the sore loser and worse, a know-it-all. Then of course followed by being an insensitive idiot and a busybody. Enough said, he screws up every possible chance I reserves.
But but but, he's a colleague and a friend of a friend, hence I got to play nice. I try to be civil and all that. But I find it really hard. I admit I dislike the guy. And once someone manage to get into my nerve (and I must say, it's kinda hard to do), I find it hard to find a good point in the person and live with it. Natural instinct will tell me to attack and find his weak points. Once found, I go for the kill. So I don't like it when he's around like hanging out or having lunch with. He's a colleague, I can't chase him away even if I want to. Also, he will just follow even if I don't invite, so I can't escape. Sigh... What am I going to do? I may just resolve in stay in office to eat by myself occasionally or just plain ignoring him which I'm quite good at when he is around.
P/S: I am trying to like/tolerate the guy even though I don't like it. Sigh.. tis very hard...
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