Terror Manager

I blame my new lappie for letting me blog less. It takes eons to load Windows. There's my excuse.

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I am penning this thoughts down with a heavy heart.

I hate my manager.


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I should have known things were a bit dodgy when cautionary advice started streaming in from blogs and text msgs before and during my employment in that company.

"Take everything she says with a pinch of salt. More often than not, its overly embellished."

"Jangan cakap yg tak perlu depan dier, nanti kau menyesal. Just jaga your words."

"Kau buat bodoh jer. Dier memang gitu. Takmoh layan."


After working at the music school for a little over a month, I realized the volume of comments / complaints I have about that person would crash Multiply servers if i had decided to publish them. So I am kind as to only add in what happened today.

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I had a meeting with Boss. A title which suits the company director perfectly as he always has a Hugo Boss Polo-T on. Not that I disapprove - they're nice, really - but I believe he likes that subtle reference to his "title" conveniently embroidered on his left chest.

Enough with the introductions, let me indulge u on the events that lead to that meeting.

I had a meeting with Boss (hmm...dejavu) because I needed to clarify my commitment statues with the company. That appointment was made days in advance.

Ms Manager made an appointment with him today to discuss issues regarding Trial lessons and scheduling. Issues which according to her needed to be raised as they were critical for the smooth transition into the new year and also to make clear the where the company stands wrt its rules / policies.

Ok...tann. Tensia ha...we shall now analyze what Ms Manager just said. To do that, we need to backtrack.

I had been trying to design brochures / flyers for the school for the past few days. It apparently went well when I received good reviews on it. Trying to push things to another level, I decided to use a corner of the brochures / flyers to advert discounted Trial lessons as promos for the school. (I know, I have my smart moments.) So I turned to Ms Manager to ask if Trials make good business or would it simply take up valuable lesson time.

Expecting anything constructive from that woman is like aiming your pee during a hard-on.

Impossible.

I realized this after "discussing" the pros / cons, the consequences of overbooking, etc, with Ms Manager. The only thing I could establish was that I have to give credit to her for excellent sentence manipulation because all she did was repeating whatever I said in a different structure.

Pointless sak! Like, wtf? At first I thought the discussion was going well cos I believe we were making headway when we kept producing solution after solution while at the same time contemplating potential hiccups. Once it hit me that I was the only one actually brainstorming, I got pissed.

Who wouldn't? Macam....kau....have I been talking to myself? Was I counter attacking...myself? Did I just have a lengthy 1 and a half hour conversation with.....MYSELF?

So after we I came to a conclusion that Boss needed to be consulted, she rang him up on the spot.

"Boss, u think u can come down today? We are a bit free so I think it is a good time to talk about a few things. I actually have a few issues to ask u. I was thinking about the trials and makeup classes and blah blah blah...might become a problem lah. Yala, its better to discuss it with u face to face. OK see u later."

Its her issue now. It's something which had been bugging her for God knows how long and today seems like the perfect day to resolve said issues.

Allow me to clarify one thing with u dear reader. For the past month or so that I had been working there, I have never seen her get involved in any work improvement exercises. The term "Work Smart" does not exist in her vocabulary. In other words, I have never seen her do anything to improve efficiency in the workplace. Let alone think about promos and the like.

At this point I shall resume my sarcasms.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have in our midst, a gem of a supervisor. A rare find. The thinking manager.

Honestly, after hearing the short conversation Ms Manager had with Boss, I decided to act. I opened a new Word document and started penning down everything that needed to be addressed during the meeting with Boss. I systematically wrote down what needed to be said and which topic to pursue first. This turned out to be a mistake.

You see, my lappie is just beside hers. A meter of separation to be exact. So she saw what I was doing. I know because I could see her from the corner of my eye leaning over to see what I was typing. (My bad, I know. Kill me pls. ) So I turned my head and saw her squinting, trying to read my deliberate size 10 fonts.

"Kenapa kecik nah word kau? Susah sak nak baca." Her face still locked on my screen. Reading.

I didn't know I was writing for public.

"Why don't u add in about the problem we had about John. About the quitting thingy."

It's our document now.

I stopped writing altogether and stood up. She took my seat to - and this is my opinion - continue molesting my document.

I took a smoke break.

When I came back Ms Manager said Boss would be arriving anytime soon so it would be good if I can print the document so that she can raise it up during the meeting.
That was the final straw.

I took another smoke break. This time, I smoked 2.

I was really really really pissed. Someway, somehow along the way, she became part of the idea and she made it sound so casual as to expect me to be an accomplice to my own robbery.

I went to take a shit. I went out to get a drink. I bought squid heads from Old Chang Kee. I did everything I could to stay out of her face. I was buying time!

When Boss came, I had my meeting. Ms Manager couldn't join at first because I specifically told her I needed a 1-to-1 talk to Boss. Anyway, she needed to be at the counter to collect fees. So I talked. And talked. And talked sumore.

I was in Boss's office for a little over an hour when another colleague joined as we had to discuss many issues. And we came to many conclusions. We did all that, without Ms Manager.

By the time I came out, I had a little over 20mins left till I knock off. That was time well spent if u ask me. If not for the small hiccup with Ms Manager, I think today would have been a beautiful one. A lot of matters were finally resolved. Still, I wouldn’t bet that she wouldn’t try something like this again.

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I'm gonna keep my friends close and Ms Manager closer.

Any other suggestions?