Blackout Day: Look what u've done... last chance ahhh... final warning...

Oh, look what you've done
You've made a fool of everyone
Oh well, it seems likes such fun
Until you lose what you had won
(Jet-Look What You've Done)

Felt really pissed off yesterday... haven't felt this way in a long time... It was all like a beautiful soap opera... with me being the jackass of course... But before i continue... i'd better intro u to the cast... Nicole is my ex-manager but now takes care of Fullerton and Paragon outlets... Florence is my current manager at Atrium outlet... Anthony is my supervisor... Jon is my buddy/colleague... Betty is the operations manager... Joe is the supervisor at One Fullerton... and lastly there's me... so let's get started then! NO TIME TO WASTE! PICK UP THE PACE! *nobody understands*

I had arrived at Baker's Inn@One Fullerton to do my shift... Nicole had called me over as a favour coz she din have enuff staff so i decided to help her since she's a nice manager and all... i usually do bar anywayz so i dun mind coming here... when i reached there... i looked round... but nicole wuz nowhere to be found... nevermind... it's cool it's cool... walked in to talk to Joe... my 1st time speakin wif her actually...

Joe: I gif u a punchcard 1st... u go change then later come back and i'll tell u which station u'll be workin tonite.

At that point i wuz like thinkin... station? din i come here to do barrista? but its cool its cool... no problems... went to the toilet... got changed and returned... and tats where it all started...

Joe: ermmm... can u work here tomolo evening?

Me: oh sorry i can't... i'm workin at atrium tomolo evening...

Joe: oh its ok... they already found u a replacement to work there... so can u come here instead?

wat..... *pause* *searchin for answers in my head*..... at tat point... i wuz really like... wat....??? replacement? i din even tell them to find me one... was it like i couldn't come to work at all? did i even call u to tell u i couldn't come? but wait… juz wait a damn minute… nobody even bothered to call and let me know… let alone ask… I dun mind working at fullerton dun get me wrong… but atrium is my “home”… am I not wanted?

Me: found me a replacement? ermmm… alrite… but nobody informed me abt it…

Joe: oh……? ermmm… I dun know… betty called to tell me tat u work here tomolo…

ahhhh betty… it cud only be u betty… only u cud have resorted to these underhand methods… at this moment I was simmering… not yet boiling… nobody even had the decency to ask me whether it’d be alrite if I worked at fullerton the next day… they all juz assumed… makin an ASS out of U and ME… if one of u atrium pple had at least asked me nicely… of course I nice young boy wud have said ok since they need help… but u assholes didn’t… I really felt like playin truant… juz dun come for the shift at all… show them tat I not small boy good to eat… I wud really take them go fly kite… but tats not professional… not professional at all… but wait… looks who’s bein pro now… all of u are pros… real “pros”…

Me: I guess since I’m not wanted there tomolo then its alrite tat I work here tomolo then…

Joe: ohz… okok… thanx…

started work wif an attitude… I somewat cuden be bothered… I din talk to nobody… anti-social jon reared its ugly head… takin orders… can I have a orang~~~… wat u order? Say louder… *stunned*… orange juice pls… ah beng at his best… I need the money… I’m wat my buddy jon calls a shift-whore… I cuden take it… I had to go to the toilet again… msged jon to vent my frustrations out… they already do this to my buddy b4 I not happy… now they doin the same thing to me… they really shuden mess wif jons ya know… we can juz snap at any moment… we’re humans too and we have feelingz too DAMMIT! doused myself wif cold water… cooled down slightly already… but was still warm… thoughts kept running thru my head… did Florence have a part to play in this? I wonder… she’s always under betty’s spell… betty say jump… u dun ask how high… betty juz change shift for me without even askin… nobody do nothing… is tat the case… but wait… maybe she din know anything… she was off yesterday… she usually takes off on Tuesday… soooo… cud it be Anthony then? did u have a part to play in this? if u did… u jolly well shud have called… u know tat… did u know nothing abt this? For ur sake I hope u didn’t… I feel like a ragged doll… passed on from outlet to outlet to help… I think I’m like the only idiot who’s done every single outlet in Singapore b4… even the old Merchant Square outlet tat has since closed down… well… it’s been more than 2 yrs… exactly… it’s been more than 2 yrs and u all still treat me like tat? Dun I mean shit to u? respect? wat respect? we have none for u jon… fark u… if u have none for me then I ain’t got none for u… Baker’s Inn@Atrium is not wat it used to be no more… everything now’s so corporate… the family feeling is gone… part-timers leaving… new memos and rules coming from upper management… now it’s all abt the money… for me… and for u… u corporate farkers… I need to cool down… I need to get myself back to working condition… I need to leave this job… enuff ah... i said enuff liaoz ahhh... last chance ahhh… I’m warning u for the last time ok… this is ur final warning… no more chance… where did tat come from? *nobody understands*

Last chance honey
Last chance honey
This is your last chance honey
Last chance honey
This is your last chance
(Jet-Last Chance)

On a very much lighter and sweeter note… when I wuz done wif work… I wuz supposed to go meet jon at parklane to borrow money from him so tat I cud have a small dinner n take a train home… I like only had 80 cents wif me and tat wuden get me far… BUT THEN… who else wuz there to gif me a pleasant surprise but my gal risa… I had called her earlier in the evening to like sorta vent my frustrations… but least I expected her to surprise me after work… so late already u still come down here… dun u hafta work tomolo? but wait… wat wuz in ur hand? oh my! Mcdonalds! wat??? lemon tea?!… *rub eyes*… a sandwich too???!!! the burger’s for my dinner and the sandwich for breakfast… wahhh… I know I told u I dun have money but I wasn’t prepared for this… and u had to make the nite even better when u sent me home… wahhhhhhhhhhhhhh… cannot like this… I’ll up u back… but all in all… thank u… the day wuz real crappy till u came along… it wuz really a pleasant surprise and it made the “blackout day” bright in the end wif juz ur presence alone… where else can I find galz like u? hahaz… juz kiddin… see ya Thursday… can’t wait… *nobody understands*