Speak to My Finger

I had a rather long holiday from work this week. Imagine yesterday was Labour Day and today is another public holiday for Wesak day. And then tomorrow I will be attending some workshop. And then the next day I will be heading to Penang with my manager-who-wants-face.

Although it's a long weekend, I spent those hours replaying my conversation with two people I had earlier before the holidays. One is with the office jerk and the other is someone from damn famous environmental NGO worldwide. Let's start with the office male jerk.

If you have been following my blog entries, you will definitely know I have a renaye 'fan' out there who calls my office just to say hi to me. He called me on Monday - again. He really freaks me. Which fan will constantly call you to say hello?? If it's on my cell, I'm less freaky. I told that jerk to reveal every caller of mine before forwarding to me... so I could always be mentally prepared ... not only to my fan but to all of my clients.

So I innocently answered the call. And yay! it's from my fan. No choice. Have to keep on talking. I told him in a nice way that I'm not interested to have a boyfriend at the moment and I'm only interested to be ou friend ONLY. He said no worries because all girlfriends and boyfriends started out as friends FIRST. Wah ... so positive thinking. Bad for me. And then I told him I can't talk to you long because I'm coughing and having flu. Then he said I got sick because of my monthly p.e.r.i.o.d. Excuse me? I can't get sick because I was drenched in the rain from head to toe twice?

I managed to bat him off. And that male jerk was laughing while listening to my conversation.

I told the jerk to please think of my safety nicely. If my fan could think of calling me up, there's always a possibility of him showing up at my office. Don't worry. If he did that, I will invite you all to my funeral. That jerk laughed at the SAFETY word. Do you, especially if you are a girl, think it's funny? I asked him if you have ever been stalked before? He said yes. Ok. Good. Then why are you not understanding my feelings?

He added "But I'm a guy. So what if the girl rape me? I got nothing to lose" in an stupidest male egoistic manner. That point fried my brain cells. I realised I'm working with a guy that doesn't care of his fellow workmate safety. I feel like I'm in a danger zone. I feel sad for him. I feel sad for his future girlfriend.

Even I - an "oppresser and a surpresser" of guys' rights - won't make a joke like that. I would just tease guys but not jeopardising my male friends' safety and trust in me.

And then my mind wandered to my other workmates. And then I realised I'm all alone - all alone - in my working environment.

The second conversation I had was actually more of a correspondence. I was asking him if my mother, a fulltime housewife, could participate in his volunteer project in conserving the turtles in Melaka. You know what he said?

"Sorry if I addressed you incorrectly (i hope you don't mind cause i was simply adopting the name attached to the email address). Don't worry we do take in people from diverse backgrounds. Our only concern here is that bare in mind that it's nothing like a holiday, as this is hardcore field conservation work and it can get very physical and the conditions are not at all condusive for a normal living. I'm not sure if you would one to put your loved one through all that cause it may be very challenging; but only for those who are not used to the camping environment."

I have informed my mum the conditions before asking the guy if my mum could volunteer. Do you think she's that weak. What if my mum is just 40 years old and been on those 4 wheel drive in Siberia? Man. Don't judge a book by its cover.

And worse thing is this guy don't bother to see my name signature of my email. And you got the guts to say you are adopting the name attached to my email address. So unprofessional. So what if I'm a Tan Sri and my honourable title is not attached to the email? Man. You got to think further than your turle nest.

That's all for the complains.

Sounds like you had a fun day (SARCASM), man it must suck to have your job, well I hope the turtle thing goes well and that your workmate a.k.a. the jerk matures a little. Well I hope tomorrow will be better for you. Stalker WoW.
» catatonicloki on 2007-05-01 11:11:37

sigh... why this jerk like that....
and damn this turtle man... holy turtle.. how can he say like that....
so this sunday we go hang out ya... i need to run away from home.. i mean both home... how i wish i can go to one island and rest for months
» jolenesiah on 2007-05-02 12:59:56

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