work
At 3:54 PM on
Thursday, September 28, 2006
work has been going great. i feel accomplished. i got my own id and password to access fidelio now. so i can do guest check in by myself. feels so good to be able to do things on myself. i mean though it's good that i have the senior staffs helping me and all, but on the other hand, being able to do check in by myself makes me feel more worth in the company. the past 2 weeks all the other senior staffs have been doing the check in and i've been doing the small jobs here and there. not that it's not good because i'm also learning from these small jobs..but it just being asked to do the menial jobs and then most of the time not being able to help guests out makes me feel useless at front desk la.
i can't speak and understand korean, which makes it even worse because travel agents are koreans. i can speak english very well but the guests are all 'snatched' away by the other staffs. its frustrating when it happens la. i love interacting with guests. i just don't like being 'left aside' by the seniors when they're busy doing things. i know they're skilled but if you don't give me a chance to try out then how would i be able to learn then? does it make sense anyway? i think i'm blabbering la. sorry la. been feeling damn pent-up for the past 2 weeks.
i know i've told people i love the place here and the people are nice. they really are. but it's a different story when it comes to working time at the front desk. it's as if they 'kan ni bu zai yan li' meaning they don't see you in their eyes. like i'm some wall flower or something. a very big wall flower in fact.
ytd one of my senior told me that if i want to stand at front desk, i should stand nearer to the counter and not stand behind just in front of the wall. cos it makes me look as if i'm not ready to serve customers. when he said that i felt so.....demoralised.unjustified.fuming mad.
wanna know why i stood nearer to the wall than at the counter? because everytime i stand at the counter, surely-guarantee-definately-chop that suddenly have many people come to the side that i'm standing and take things ar, talk to some other staff ar, which makes me feel as if i'm blocking their way la. i don't do things without a reason la. it's not as if i love standing behind and not at the counter la. i love interacting with guests. but if everytime i stand at the counter then some people come and need to take something and i always feel as if i'm blocking their way i won't be so bloody brainless and still continue standing there la.
damn annoying la. blogging about it now makes me more frustrated only. was feeling rather ok when i was talking to kenneth just now in the afternoon. now i feel frustrated. -shish-
and oh! i'll be having a long break next week from 3rd oct to 7th oct. will be heading back to busan for the thanksgiving celebrations. didn't i tell you the staffs are nice? see my point? it is so ironic.
i'll be eating lots of korean authentic home cooked food. seeing all my relatives. recieving lots of 'ang baos' according to my fellow intership friends.
if there's wireless back there i'll bring my laptop there to blog too. and of course talk online with friends. msn. webcamming.
- missing crystal jade's la mian & xiao long bao.
- missing sakae sushi's buffet.
- missing pastamania's aglio olio.
- missing ya kun's coffee.
- missing subway's cold cut trio.
- missing tcc's mongolian chicken chop.
- i want to be myself. i want to behave as if i'm in singapore. but the culture here is still so untapped although fashion and technology is so updated. it is so interesting isn't it? - in LOVE,
pr social butterfly pam