Every day as I walk up the stairs towards the kitchen, I glimpse at our receptionist (we absolutely hate each other) and look at her screen. If she is not watching a youtube clip or an Arabic show, then she is definitely reading at some forum. You can see all the latest styles of abayas as you come down or go up the stairs. It shocks me sometimes that she is not fired yet, but I guess she owes that to the Ministry of Manpower. There are times when the phone rings, and she just waves her hand at it with disgust as if saying “shut the F… UP”.
She does that too along with slurring racist comments to our "bad" clients
One thing happened today, which is the first since I started working here, is that I got a present from a client. I definitely don’t feel comfortable holding that small green bag that has an Arabic fragrance oil and a necklace with the engraving “Allah is great”. Of course I said “No” but he just dropped it on my desk and left. I’ve never seen this client before, but the gift makes me wonder if he also has another gift set that is meant for a male. Ohh well, I guess this little green bag will be put away in a drawer somewhere. Maybe under the quality control reports?
My boss just arrived at work and has a stack of papers with him. He is going to lock himself into a small room and read for a while (he is taking online courses). One of the papers is an astrology overview of his son’s welfare. Apparently, his fourteen year old son has bad grades and my boss is worried. So he went online and paid this guy some money to prepare an overview of how the son’s life will end up. “The major problem is that he doesn’t listen to his mom and has bad grades”, he said to me while flipping through the papers. Well, that is not such a huge surprise since he is a teenager and has seizures every once in a while where his memory gets wiped out. Apparently the summary says he will start doing better once he reaches the age of twenty. I’m not really a believer (the disclaimer states that personal choice plays a big part on whether this overview will be true or not), but I really hope his son gets better. Oh, you need the birth date and exact time for this forecasting to be at least 85% true.
And just a quick note: for those who are thinking about getting the iPad, how about you look at the other option (HP Slate) and compare specs.
I can provide 94.8% accurate analyses of problems with teenagers.
It’s not cheap, but it works, and if you really care for your kids you know its worth it.
Send your boss to Muscat Confidential.
I get the feeling that you really don’t like apple products for some reason! I am not a big fan of apple neither as i had a bad experience with my first apple product (iMac G5) but i got to admit they do make some good stuff and they are creative.
I wonder too why that receptionist is not fired yet. Why work if you hate the job and don’t do it properly ( I know, I know it’s for money and prestige) There are girls like that among Emirati (or any nationality) working women too- they barely do anything, just chat, have tea brakes, and “demoralize” male colleagues by dressing provocatively. They do all that with their noses up like they are the most valuable employees, the hardest-working.