Tales of the Onion - II
Onion told me enough tall tales and short fantasy for me to write several books. I can already pictured it - "Part 1 - The Lion, the Witch and the Onion', "Part 2 - The Onion Strikes Back" and "Part 3 - Return of the Onion and Garlic".
I ticked off Onion and showed him several black faces yesterday. He had the audacity of accusing me of giving wrong information back home. With such ego, no wonder everyone back in HQ, including our bosses, hate him with a vengeance. Apparently some months back, one of our big bosses used a word in a report which Onion felt that it should not be used. Just one word. So Onion raised a stinker and persisted in arguing with the big boss, over and over again over one word. Thus everyone down the chain kena (including Onion's immediate supervisors) from the irate big boss. Boo. While I actually asked him about that, Onion admitted that he has an impulsive urge to correct others (maybe to give him an ego stroke). I think we can all agree that he sucks as an employee.
Onion is a peranakan and he prides his English proficiency. His command of English is superb and uses flowery words which I seldom see. The problem is this, some words make you look like an arrogant dumbass who looks down on others. And the universal law is that people don't like to be looked down upon. Second problem is that, he is surprising slow in his work. He takes like 2000 years just to write one nice paragraph while most of us would have already sent off the report and be drinking at Sunset Bar in ten minutes.
The ticking off doesn't seem to work on Onion. He was back to regaling me with tall tales like a pirate who had too much rum last night. He talked about the huge plantation that his ancestors used to own but was taken away by the PAP government under the land acquisition act (three cheers to the government!). The family had then to move into this large townhouse which he grumbled. I think they are staying in some private property now. Onion said that he was afraid that someday, he might have to live in . . . . . . (horrors) . . . . a HDB flat.
I look at him and said, "you do know, that 80-90% Singapore live in HDB flat." Don't you hate elitist scum like him?
I ticked off Onion and showed him several black faces yesterday. He had the audacity of accusing me of giving wrong information back home. With such ego, no wonder everyone back in HQ, including our bosses, hate him with a vengeance. Apparently some months back, one of our big bosses used a word in a report which Onion felt that it should not be used. Just one word. So Onion raised a stinker and persisted in arguing with the big boss, over and over again over one word. Thus everyone down the chain kena (including Onion's immediate supervisors) from the irate big boss. Boo. While I actually asked him about that, Onion admitted that he has an impulsive urge to correct others (maybe to give him an ego stroke). I think we can all agree that he sucks as an employee.
Onion is a peranakan and he prides his English proficiency. His command of English is superb and uses flowery words which I seldom see. The problem is this, some words make you look like an arrogant dumbass who looks down on others. And the universal law is that people don't like to be looked down upon. Second problem is that, he is surprising slow in his work. He takes like 2000 years just to write one nice paragraph while most of us would have already sent off the report and be drinking at Sunset Bar in ten minutes.
The ticking off doesn't seem to work on Onion. He was back to regaling me with tall tales like a pirate who had too much rum last night. He talked about the huge plantation that his ancestors used to own but was taken away by the PAP government under the land acquisition act (three cheers to the government!). The family had then to move into this large townhouse which he grumbled. I think they are staying in some private property now. Onion said that he was afraid that someday, he might have to live in . . . . . . (horrors) . . . . a HDB flat.
I look at him and said, "you do know, that 80-90% Singapore live in HDB flat." Don't you hate elitist scum like him?
posted by Captain Obvious at 7:49 PM
2 Comments:
Ha.. tell him that he can live in laos for the rest of his life. HDB is not fond in laos- super safe.
I hate people like that. Big fat deal that his England is powerful. NO EQ-- boils down to just another irritant.
Super pest.
Felt like spraying him with bygone.
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