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Wednesday, May 20, 2009

!!! aStoUnd !!!

seriously, i think either i must admit i have aged vocally
OR this particular lady got to learn some professionalism

@ 7.30pm, i reached Holland Village to have dinner with ting
immediately after i parked my car, i received a call from xxx company
frankly speaking, the environment was pretty noisy that i did not catch the name of the co

here the short conversation goes....
surveyor: hi, i am calling from xxx company and i would like to do a short survey with you
moi: i am outside right now, thus i think its not very convenient
surveyor: this survey is to know more abt the social habits and lifestyle of Singaporeans
surveyor: it's just a short 2mins survey
moi: alright....
surveyor: how can i address you?
(just when i was about to say my name.....)
surveyor: just your surname will do
moi: oh, my surname is Tay (i spelled out for her)
surveyor: oh, so can i address you as MADAM Tay?
(seriously, i super roll-eyes can......wtf)
moi: oh, i think Miss would be much more appropriate
surveyor: sure....
(lagi roll-eyes, wat do you mean sure? do i sound that old?)
(even if i do, i think its basic courtesy that you greet someone by Miss if you ain't sure)
(surveyor started asking several questions and as i wasn't paying attention, i answered all NO to the questions she asked)
surveyor: ok, just one last question...may i know your residential type?
surveyor: is it HDB...
(and she paused for a moment, which i thought she would say the next option being condo, etc)
(but hell NO.....)
surveyor: is it a 2, 3, 4 or 5 room flat that you are currently living in.....
(i am damn shocked coz i really do not know how to react, frankly speaking, ain't all survey questions being pretty standard with options of hdb, condo, semi-detached, bungalow, etc???????)
moi: ermz, i am staying with my parents in a bungalow right now...
(i was pretty embarressed because i do not want to make it sound like i am very proud or sth)
(but i was so shocked that she don't even give any options and assumes that i stayed in a hdb...)
(it's so weird that such survey questions do exists and it shows that they have not learnt Applied Research at all, hahahaha, all TP students will know what i am talking about)
surveyor: oh, ok, thank you for your time.....

it was sooooo HILARIOUS that when i told ting about it over dinner, we laughed hysterically
we were both amused by how can this lady just address me as MADAM Tay and asked if i am ok with it
also, how can there be no options to residentital types and she went straight into the number of rooms-type of hdb i am living in

??? seriously, how inappropriate can it be ???
benefit of the doubt, either she's nervous and new or the company have really dumb pple whom came up with such survey options
IF, the survey is for pple whom lives in HDB, i can totally understand....
but if its for the general public, i think they need to widen their survey scope

-OMG-
crapz, wasted 2mins of my time, but she's lucky as it took me abt 2mins to walk frm the carpark to the restaurant, thou being obliged, i still did her a favour and she had extra one quota for her survey
~ lol ~

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