Ok, this may be a little of or may not be at all, but herd mentality is the first thing that came to mind yesterday in my situation.
Had to top up my cashcard before exiting the shopping mall, and had to queue for the POSB atm to top it up. The queue was horrendous when I arrived!!! I would think there was about 30 ppl queueing in front of me!!! It made me wonder how many machines were there up front. Lucky for me, i had my bf queue up while I walked all the way to the front and saw that there were 2 atm machines, but everyone was queueing up for one! I asked the few ppl queued in front what was wrong with the other machine and no one knew what was wrong, so i bravely checked it out. Did my transaction in 2 mins flat and got outta there!
It always happens this way... If there is something that has not been in use, and ppl are queueing up for another, very few venture to see what is wrong with it. Of coz, there are situations that you may not want to venture to check out the unknown, like for example in the toilet (in case of UFOs swimming in the bowl that would scare you!). But it would've shorten the queue time tremendously if someone were to just check if the other machine was alright.
In the end, I'm glad I did. At least I wouldn't have taken half an hour or more to queue for the machine only to realise that there was another working one next to it that no one bothered using.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
What's wrong with youths these days?
Just saw in the news two separate articles involving young teenagers.
A 13-year-old boy had been caught adopting pets for free and selling them on for a profit. The key issue here is how he used sympathy of pet owners to give him their pets, saying how his own pet had died and how the dog looked like his own pet.
His scam was only exposed when one of the dog owners found out what he was doing. Seriously, a brilliant business idea but absolutely inhumane. How did a 13 year-old think of such things to do?
Then a 14-year-old was arrested for killer litter, throwing a glass bottle off a roof. Certainly not a bright one, but certainly as inhumane. Imagine someone dying as a result of this foolish act.
Damn kids! What's up man!
And they dare to call me Orbin!
A 13-year-old boy had been caught adopting pets for free and selling them on for a profit. The key issue here is how he used sympathy of pet owners to give him their pets, saying how his own pet had died and how the dog looked like his own pet.
His scam was only exposed when one of the dog owners found out what he was doing. Seriously, a brilliant business idea but absolutely inhumane. How did a 13 year-old think of such things to do?
Then a 14-year-old was arrested for killer litter, throwing a glass bottle off a roof. Certainly not a bright one, but certainly as inhumane. Imagine someone dying as a result of this foolish act.
Damn kids! What's up man!
And they dare to call me Orbin!
Monday, May 9, 2011
The Really Rich ppl vs the Average Rich ppl
Over the Mother's Day weekend, i had the 'honour' of speaking to someone who really made my blood boil.
One of my clients were looking for a copywriter to describe their products online. I mentioned to my mom about this and she so happened to stumble upon someone who said she welcomed this 'fresh change' after years of writing for lingerie and developers. Naturally, if i were to 'recommend' someone, I would like to know their background, etc.
This lady I called insisted that she had no resume and she had written for large companies and i was being totally ridiculous in asking her for her credentials. Hello, nowadays there are many many cases of fradulent claims ok! I feel heavily responsible if you were a quack. I merely asked her to email me coz i didn't want to write it down and risk losing that piece of paper and she told me i was the only person who told her not to bother. I think she's a mind reader coz by that time, i already made up my mind that this lady was too haughty to be introduced to my client.
She kept repeating "I didn't ask for this job you know" (Then why did u mention to my mom to ask me to waste my time calling u?!) and kept saying "I write for really big companies which i cannot name, and this will be the smallest job I've ever taken" (then again, dun take it la! Why waste my time talking to u?!) and then insulted the clients by saying that their website was china-pek and if they could hire just anyone before, then they could hire anyone now.
Just because she grew up averagely rich (and was probably fussed around a lot), doesn't mean she had to put on an air about it throughout the whole conversation. After all, I was gonna be the one to talk to my client about her! Guess she won't get the chance to write for this puny china-pek company.
Contrast this to the same client looking for the copywriter. He is freaking rich. But humble as hell!
That is the difference between the Really Rich and the Average Rich. We see this in many instances in Singapore and Malaysia...
One of my clients were looking for a copywriter to describe their products online. I mentioned to my mom about this and she so happened to stumble upon someone who said she welcomed this 'fresh change' after years of writing for lingerie and developers. Naturally, if i were to 'recommend' someone, I would like to know their background, etc.
This lady I called insisted that she had no resume and she had written for large companies and i was being totally ridiculous in asking her for her credentials. Hello, nowadays there are many many cases of fradulent claims ok! I feel heavily responsible if you were a quack. I merely asked her to email me coz i didn't want to write it down and risk losing that piece of paper and she told me i was the only person who told her not to bother. I think she's a mind reader coz by that time, i already made up my mind that this lady was too haughty to be introduced to my client.
She kept repeating "I didn't ask for this job you know" (Then why did u mention to my mom to ask me to waste my time calling u?!) and kept saying "I write for really big companies which i cannot name, and this will be the smallest job I've ever taken" (then again, dun take it la! Why waste my time talking to u?!) and then insulted the clients by saying that their website was china-pek and if they could hire just anyone before, then they could hire anyone now.
Just because she grew up averagely rich (and was probably fussed around a lot), doesn't mean she had to put on an air about it throughout the whole conversation. After all, I was gonna be the one to talk to my client about her! Guess she won't get the chance to write for this puny china-pek company.
Contrast this to the same client looking for the copywriter. He is freaking rich. But humble as hell!
That is the difference between the Really Rich and the Average Rich. We see this in many instances in Singapore and Malaysia...
Hello Hello!
After 3 long years, I am back again! Hopefully this will not be the first and last post for this year. Ok la, i promise it will not be!!!
Anyway, first things first, gotta see how I can reset my email so that it links to some other email since the email i used to set this blog up donkey years ago is an unused one. So yes, getting back in here required some skills and activation of some of my brain cells.
Once i have settle that, i have a really interesting story to tell of a haughty (and nearly psycho) woman I spoke to on Mother's Day...
More on that soon...
Oh, thanks Mr Orbin, for reviving this! :-)
Extremist!
Osama died!
As in my earlier post, I was talking about how the ugly or in my words "Orbin" people can be when they are challenged. And such extremist attitutes shouldn't exist. However, it is sad that it does exist.
Looking at my FB newsfeed, there are many strong views of both the ruling party and opposition. Arguments that go beyond reason. I'm a complete neutral, I just think the philosophy of too much of anything is not good for you (and this includes good stuff, try drinking ginseng every meal). So extremist attitutes should not exist!
Chill people chill! Just get on with life damnit!
And they dare to call me Orbin!
As in my earlier post, I was talking about how the ugly or in my words "Orbin" people can be when they are challenged. And such extremist attitutes shouldn't exist. However, it is sad that it does exist.
Looking at my FB newsfeed, there are many strong views of both the ruling party and opposition. Arguments that go beyond reason. I'm a complete neutral, I just think the philosophy of too much of anything is not good for you (and this includes good stuff, try drinking ginseng every meal). So extremist attitutes should not exist!
Chill people chill! Just get on with life damnit!
And they dare to call me Orbin!
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Elections
At the country both Miss Yucki and myself are in, the people are filled with election fever.
And I realise that when you're being challenged like never before, you tend to let the 'Orbin' side of you come out. As has been the case in recent weeks.
I just want to see a good clean fight with no arrogant smashes on character and personalities please.
Keep it clean, man.
And they dare to call me Orbin.
And I realise that when you're being challenged like never before, you tend to let the 'Orbin' side of you come out. As has been the case in recent weeks.
I just want to see a good clean fight with no arrogant smashes on character and personalities please.
Keep it clean, man.
And they dare to call me Orbin.
Where is Miss Yucki?
Miss Yucki said she will be back blogging here after 6 June 2008, on the tagboarg here.
I've been waiting almost 3 years!
And they dare to call me Orbin.
I've been waiting almost 3 years!
And they dare to call me Orbin.
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