All I want for my Birthday

All I want for my birthday is for those dear to me to remember that it’s my birthday and wish me
All I want for my birthday is prayers
All I want for my birthday is to be able to get some direction in life and be able to follow through my plans with no monetary concerns amongst others
All I want for my birthday is a miracle; for that big, wonderful, long awaited, desired job to land right smack into my lap. An opening, an opening!!!
All I want for my birthday is a nice, big (or small also can) pleasant surprise. Something unexpected.


Material Things

All I want for my birthday is to win the next Singapore Sweep.. I’ve got pretty good reasons, paying off my school fees is one of them
In Other Words, all I want for my birthday is money, money, money! Ha ha ha
All I want for my birthday is a good, durable, silver, short, lady like necklace which I can wear everyday, so that I can wear something religious. Haven’t worn such a necklace in ages.
All I want for my birthday is to be able to blow out candles on a cake.. as what I’ve done every single year.. it’s become tradition for me…
All I want for my birthday is presents, presents and more presents!!! Hahaha, wishful thinking I know! :D

Others

All I want for my birthday under this category is between God and me!!! :D

Seems like I all I want for my birthday are a lot of things huh! Keke….

Warning! Reaching Maximum Limits

The below are just some of the scenarios I face everyday, coupled with being shouted at, nagged at, scolded at, taken for granted, and pushed to the limits.

The worst is when you have to encounter wierdos, whackos, lunatics, the mentally ill, and also, when the internal customers does not understand what you are doing and starts taking it out on you as well.. for things that are beyond your control but they assume that it has to do with you... which I have encountered, even outside of working hours mind you...

My blood pressure is seriously going up. I keep feeling my temples are about to burst, and my chest about to explode. I don't know how much longer I can take all these; I've been doing so for the past few years. I've broken down twice in the past 2 months, everyone I'v come across is surprised that I've managed to endure this long! I can definitely count patience and endurance as one of my stengths.

Now is a bad time though coz I'm still studying part time and I intend to go overseas for 2 weeks in October. I sigh everyday. And, in a few days time, it's my birthday! Rhymes haha. Somehow, this year it doesn't feel like a birthday, or an occasion for celebration. I have an exam the following day.. and I'm so old already lah.. so sad...

Looking back, always lotsa things seem to happen especially just before my birthday. Hmm.. I wonder whether it has any significant meaning...

Scenario 1:

A: I’m a bodybuilder and want to know the nutritional value of your Indonesian Fresh Patatoes and Lean Pork, I need to know details such as complex carbo, fats….
Me: Sorry we don’t provide such information; maybe you could check the internet?
A: It’s not accurate
Me: Ok I will check for you.

10 minutes later A calls back, not even allowing us any time to check.

A is informed that we do not provide such information and to please check with AVA. A still asks us for AVA’s number!!!

Scenario 2:

B calls in wanting to know why the price of certain items have increased.

B is given the reason but then B goes on to tell me other things, that price has increased for everything nowadays except for her husband’s salary, hospital bills, so expensive, food, so expensive. She cannot work coz she is not well. She has no hope of living. “Oh my god”, she keeps on saying and then adds, “the god also have no power, cannot help”.

Poor B. I tell her not to say things like that. B eventually ends the conversation by thanking me in a sad tone. I feel sad for her but I too am feeling the effects of the high cost of living nowadays. Sigh. And I am not a trained counselor!

Scenario 3:

C: He –lo is so so blah bla (C is immediately rude and practically shouts in a congested sounding background)
Me: Good afternoon, I can’t really hear you sir
C: What is your name
Me: Marie
C: Marie only?
Me: Marie Therese, and what about you sir
C: You don’t have to know my name, I want to know about the ---- you are giving out!
Me: Oh, you have to call ---- for that
C: What the hell! &8^% blah blah blah!
Me: Please talk to me properly sir
C: What properly!? Blah blee bloh Bleh

Me mutes the phone and lets my colleague listen in and C suddenly has a second line and I hang up.

A minute later C calls in and speaks to my colleague:

C tries the same technique and asks for my colleague’s name, my colleague refuses to answer and asks for his name, C starts shouting again and my colleague hangs up the phone on him.

Scenario 4:

Regular customer D calls in, and says that we have to issue staff A with a warning letter as she is very rude on the phone. D says that we are ‘coolies and labourers’ working for our company, and when ‘such characters appear, the disease will spread’. You better go and do something about it, D demands and hangs up the phone in his usual fashion.