Common Courtesies

Today after bosses arrived in the office, we had staff meeting. Before we got into real business, he was ‘lecturing’ on some common courtesies as follows. (like for the umpteenth time but seems like forever has gone into deaf ears)

1. Please dump the toilet roll into the rubbish bin after you changed the toilet roll. Don’t let it sit above the toilet flush. (to change the toilet roll in the first place is already a miracle in itself and some more to take the toilet roll out of the toilet, that would really be another miracle!).

2. Please switch off the hot water pot when there’s not much water left and refill it for boiling so that the next person would have hot water to drink. I had to emphasise that there were a few times that I saw only a few centimetres of water left inside but the hot water pot was still switched on.

Now that there is a new microwave in the office, the boss hopes that people would know how to use it less they get burn by it. We will see …

One of the site staff called to say that he wanted to drop by the office after 1p.m. so that I can help him with something. I had to directly tell him to come after 2p.m. because 1-2p.m. is my lunch hour if I do not go out for lunch. Sorry, I can help but not during my lunchtime. During my private time, I do not wish to be disturbed. Moreover I am supposed to do you a favour so please do it at the time convenient to me, not the other way round. In the end he said never mind, which was even better for me. Sometimes these people think that they can just take you for granted but I have to be firm.