Saturday, March 12, 2005
wooo!
whoa! its been the first time in weeks that i've spent considerable time infront of the damn pc. have not been going online at home these days cos spending all day infront of the com at work is driving me nuts already! :/ and its been long since i blogged too! nearly forgot all abt the existence of this until today when i read daph's blog. hohoho.
anyways, updates updates! days till the end of attachment: 15 days! 15 damn damn days! can't wait for it to end man! work is getting really stressful nowadays and i'm seriously very paranoid now..worrying abt everything. i think being a travel agent is really a hazard to health. let me show you the reasons why:
1) you cannot cannot CANNOT make mistakes in the dates of travel, flights and of course, the names. spelling must be absolutely correct even if you have to type in 65 paxs names and your eyes are blur and on the verge of blindness. every spelling error costs money ($30 actually) and pple like me have no money to pay for mistakes made by my blindness.
2) agents make mistakes and refuse (REFUSE! damn those agents!) to admit their mistakes, demand (DEMAND! damn those agents!) that WE say its wholly our fault and of course, wants us to pay for the mistake made. (yes, pls consult point 1 above, mistakes costs money.)
3) agents scream and shout at you cos they know you are just a small fry in the company and demand to speak to your supervisor, who have NO idea they just screamed and shouted at you. then these agents start talking VERY VERY nicely to the supervisor and in the end agree to pay for the mistake they had made. so we end up being the bad guy becos they claimed that we shouted (SHOUTED! damn those agents!) at them and accusing them and stuff. argh. damn those agents.
4) agents who don't seem to understand that we cannot fax them the ticket unless they make payment. i mean, wad's so difficult to understand abt it? we see the money, we give the product. simple right? but noooo! everyone thinks they should be given special treatment! and that they are very good friends with you! even tho they can call in to your line one hundred times a day and call you someone else's name. -_-"
5) customers give phone numbers that don't seem to connect to anywhere! customers that promise they will come down and end up not doing so. customers who demand and demand and DEMAND that they get the best rate, say that they WILL come down on monday and insist we extend deadline till then, end up not coming down. and this will go back to the first line in point 3: give phone numbers that don't seem to connect to anywhere.
so with these 5 little reasons, i can tell you that working in a travel agency really test your patience and your level of sanity. i shall endure for another 15 days to the end! and another 18 days to the soaking of sun, sea and food! muahahhaa! 5th of april! so excited! heeheehee!
projects are mostly completed already so now, all i have to do is to study for two tests and that's the end of my poly years! still deciding whether ornot to go for grad ball..its 70bucks leh! and that's just for the ball itself. the other rubbish stuff still need to buy and buy. argh they really think poly students print money man. poor. poor. pz seemed so keen on going also feel very bad if end up psk-ing her. aiyar...dilemma!
oh oh! updates on driving! after 4 lessons (or is it 5 lessons? hmm.), i'm driving on the road already! going thru two test routes now and i'm still trying to get the hang of it. practice practice! i passed advance already~! first attempt man! i've broken the curse of my dad and sis so lets hope practical also one time pass bah! heh! registering testdate on tues liao..excited excited! so many things to be excited for! so many things to look forward to! april is a month of excitement! *grins*
Useless fact of the day: The only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat.
blip rambled on
Saturday, March 12, 2005
