Category Archives: All in the Days Work

Working for a Multi-National Company (page 4)

31. “Good morning! Can I use your room phone to call my mom?”, a first visitor came. “No problem, go ahead.”, answered the resident. “Can I use it too?”, inquired the visitor’s companion. “Of course, sky’s the limit.”, the resident smiled. After a month, the resident was called by the dorm’s master and was given … Continue reading

Working for a Multi-National Company (page 3)

21. An employee was given a handful of documents and then was told, “make copy”. But Filipino servitude had triumphed over his common sense. He came back with his own delicately flavored cup of coffee! Moral lesson: “Don’t be too emotional at work.” 22. Five NTEP trainees visited their ILO Singaporean classmates for dinner. The … Continue reading

Working for a Multi-National Company (page 2)

11. He arrived at the office too quite unlike in AOTS where the atmosphere was too vibrant. He met his boss and in turn introduced him to his co-workers. Then they’re kind enough to assign him a seat and computer. In the next few hours he was called by his would-be trainer. They sat inside … Continue reading

Working for a Multi-National Company (page 1)

1. A patient was sitting one day inside a Japanese clinic waiting for his first shot of injection. Unknown to him, the needle was so huge that when it was inserted through his skin, he suffered an outright linguistic amnesia. Instead of “itai, itai” (trans: ‘agay’, ‘agay’), he inadvertently wailed “takai, takai” (trans: ‘ka-mahal, ka-mahal’) … Continue reading