i woke up feeling vibrant and fresh, but tired. this morning i took a taxi to the factory for my first official stock-taking as a finance assistant. well, the excitement is there definitely. but it had subsided before i had it registered.
there's only one reason: Albert, the pastry "chef". noticed the inverted commas? that's because i'd never see him as a chef. okay, let me get this story straight before you guys think that i'm a natural tyrant or brat. i came into Delifrance as a temp staff, under Purchasing Department. there, everyone was friendly and greetings were exchanged every moment - except for this arrogant "chef". he never (ever!) acknowleged my presence (not that i needed him to... urgh~), it was as if temp staffs are unnecessary people. well, i dont care anyway. then when i was transferred to Sales Admin as a perm staff, i tried my very best to avoid any contacts with him. impossible, but i'd tried. "hello, who's this? Get Wendy to the phone!" that's what he would say every time he called my extention when he failed to reach Wendy on hers. Urgh.. he's sicked in the mind. kept thinking that he's the utmost superior and important person in the world. two words as conclusion: he sucks..
so this morning i was glad that it was Michael and some others who were attached to do the stock count with me. i started slowly. with all the conversion from "carton" to "kg" and from "kg" to "packet" and more, i was constantly asking them to slow down or to repeat their countings again in the beginning. The morning flew by quickly, with half the stocks counted and pride radiated from every part of me. exaggerating - yes, but true though :p Michael even complimented that i was catching up really quickly and that it's getting easier every moment! :D
but at lunch Wailing delivered a damn stupid news. she was asking how i was doing at pastry and if i really wanted, i could trade with Erica and take her place at bakery's cold room. i was taken slightly aback by her sincerity, saying i'm doing quite okay (i was new, remember?) and then asking why she's being so.. insistent. "Albert said you were quite blur and couldnt keep up with the rest. Really, if you wanted to change i can help you.."
and then my words came out harsh and quick," huh?! Albert told you that?! oh~ i understand why now. i noticed how he came up behind me discreetly to check on our progress and he might have heard me asking Michael to repeat the equation. i mean, i was being careful right? i ask when i dont understand, so that there will be no mistakes after that. let's say i just keep nodding my head despite not knowing what Michael meant, then our stock lists will not tally and we had to keep going back into the store to count once more. and what will happen if Albert suddenly ask me how i come up with these numbers? tell him i copied from Michael? wouldnt it be worse, right? i mean, just.. dont care about him. he just hated me so much; he wants to make things difficult for me." Wailing didnt argue with me after that and we went back right after lunch.
so back in pastry, we were moving very quickly so as to finish asap. and Erica was done by three plus, but she waited for me to leave together. when we were finally finished with the stock count, i continued to tally our stock lists on my own. and while doing so, i heard Albert muttered," No. She can only eat when she's done with my stuffs." when Erica offered to bring a slice of butter cake to me. i made a face at the paper (lol!!) and rolled my eyes. as if i wanted his cake. i've tried it before and it wasnt half as good as Sara Lee's butter pound cake. and when i was finally done with every single thing, i joined the rest at the other table. i turned down his offer of the cakes (i bet whoever is reading this thinks that i did it out of dignity - part of it i'd say. hahaa.. but it's really because i hadnt drink much water since morning and sweet stuffs could make it worse) and waited impatiently to leave. but then he was saying," Alicia, i will randomly picked out some items from the list and get Ah Tan to check. Three wrongs and you will stay back to recount every single stock in my store." i rolled my eyes at him, pursed my lips and nodded once. it turned out that i "won". he couldnt find any mistakes in my paper. well, i was so so SO proud of myself right at that moment. hah~! you should see his face just then. well, for one thing, i would never forget that face - disappointment with a resigned look.
wow.. now that i was checking my post for spelling and grammar... i realized that i had ranted on for soooo long!! :p i'm aching all over anyway, so i guess it's bedtime for me now. i'd definitely gloat over that face each time i think of it ^^ LOL~ i'm being childish i know, and i dont care.
