when you have nothing nice to say...

...then just zip it!! or in nicer terms, don't say anything at all. i received an e-mail from an ex-colleague (rb) asking me for some goss on my ex-boss to commemorate his donkey years employment with the company & he's being given a long service award or something like that. so rb got roped in by the hr department to do a write up as a tribute to this fella.

apparently rb interviewed the dinosaurs in the company & they told her that i would be able to provide more information / low-down on this ass (sort of tells you my sentiments of him eh??). firstly the head of hr (who is still scheming her evil doings there) was, is & will till the end of time be pally pally with him - she should know all the dirt. and so like her to get someone else to do all the shit work & she then goes up there and gives 'her' presentation like she had a helluva lot to do with it.

and he's got a string of loyal supporters - he's the best boss in this world; i've learnt so much from him (eh, if you've learnt so much why are you still doing the same thing you did five years ago??); i will stay in this company for as long as he is my boss; i will follow him till the ends of the earth.... they should be able to heap praises on him till kingdom come. do not ask me as he once remarked that hiring me was the biggest mistake of his life (albeit in a joking tone but he said it too many a times till it began to feel like it was the truth).

how do i say nice things about someone i have lost respect for?? yeah, initially when i joined the company, i thought he & she (the evil one) were nice bosses. but i guess i was too outspoken & smart (well at least compared to them) for my own good. so after about a little more than two years, i decided not to take their shit anymore & left...

so here's my 'tribute' to my ex-boss who is a ...

• scrooge - yeah i know he is the person holding the company's moolah but ever heard of the saying penny wise pound foolish. well!! here you have the living breathing proof. don't ever say i was never the obedient employee. after many years of the department not having a company lunch, we managed to persuade him to organize a departmental lunch. on one event, we went to a chinese restaurant (which is quite famed for its seafood selection). everybody was pretty excited when the person taking our orders recommended the lobster but alas, boss said 'no, no lobster. too expensive, there's too many of us here. take the fish instead'. as yours truly was responsible for the ordering, i chose the soon hock fish. for the not so well informed, this fish is one of the most expensive items in the menu which would have cost almost the same as if we took the lobsters. the bill came up close to rm900 - one of the highest we have ever seen. what??!! i took the fish what, didn't i??
  
• spineless balls-less ass - when i brought up an expense discrepancy to him, he would be like 'yeah, yeah, we can't allow this'. then when the claimants come to him & argue, he would be like 'oh okay, we'll allow it this time' (it would be the same thing each & every time). he'll cave in if the other party is a foot taller than him.. so there!!
  
• mr 'i'll think about it' - any time we wanted him to do something or needed his approval, he would go 'oh, i'll think about it' on us. and most of the time his thinking will take forever. during my employment with the company, we had quarterly activities on top of other activies we had to organize for the employees. and every single time, i had to run to him for approval even for a measly hundred bucks item. kind of fed up i asked him for a budget for me to work with (not much just rm200 or so) & he went all i'll think about it on me. and this was for meals for the staffs who were dragged back on a weekend for a seminar. oh come on!! i wasn't even asking for two thousand bucks just a measly 200 bucks. he said he needed the supremo uno's approval on this. what???? you kidding me?? what did i do? i told him don't bother, i'll talk to the big boss. and whadya know, i got the budget i wanted. and after that any project i worked on, i got a budget from the boss & didn't have to go running to haji bakhil each and every time i needed something.

so, what was my reply to rb? i told her that i don't have anything to say about him & she would get a better scoop by talking to his fellow comrades who are reaching a decade just like him or those who are 'air-conditioning' him. i don't normally bitch about my exes (in work or relationships) but they started it. i wasn't flattered that they should think i have fond memories of him. i have had bosses who were a bitch to work with but in actuality, they are a diamond in the rough & i am glad to say that i have them for friends and i have nothing but respect for them. and then there are the ones who seem so nice & understanding but in reality, are the shit for brains morons and i don't give a rats ass about them.

if you recall my post mind your own beezy-ness, you don't disturb me i'll leave you in peace. as rb said its hr's project - last i recalled, i stopped drawing a paycheck about two years back. so bugger off!! and i'll leave the she for when the company decides to award her for whatever it is they decide & if they are dumb enough to ask for my input again!!

ps - hilang pahala puasa. si katek tu punya pasal lah....