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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

鬼節

今日要來講講我的工作。
是上年九月入職的,剛好一年有多了。
入職不久遇到的第一個節日便是這邊的鬼節。

做零售行業,忙,是早有心理準備的了。
但,看不過眼的是 :

1)是不是每一包你們都要拆開來試過才安落?
講的不是普通的服裝,普通的服裝一人試七十件都已經見慣不怪了。

講緊的只是著一次的幾小時的鬼節服裝,因為這邊的懶人都要一套過配襯好的,所以全部都是一包包的(入面有齊了帽,配飾,等等)
很多的這些鬼節服裝都是一個碼的(free size)點解仲係死都要試呢?
你知唔知呢的一包包的打開咗係好難整番入個袋架?
仲有好多絲襪講咗係無得試你都等無人時走去試,的絲襪試過的話係不能變番原形的,做人有點公得心可以嗎?
見到唔係新的或比人開過的,你又唔會買,咁你想點呀?

現在每日在這裏上班,就想起小時侯同阿媽去行街,阿媽話得最多的都是:唔係買就唔好攪人的野,攪攪陣無幫襯!
家教真的很重要。

2)你們真的這樣開放嗎?

有相你睇。十多歲著成咁樣OK嗎?

在我們的服裝部,正常的是BB部 (infant) 由 0 mth - 5T,然後係男孩/女孩,由S 4/5 - XL 14/16,
然後就已經係男士/女士,不過係女士部都有一部份junior即係年輕的女仔嘅 (teenage girl).
但係在鬼節服裝部,在男孩/女孩之後,就係男士/女士了。


而很多,我係話很多,都係十多歲嘅女仔係度試呢的衫。
基本上我自己未見過成年女士來買costume去派對。



唔知道佢地的父母知唔知佢地著成咁樣,但我見過有阿媽同個女嚟買,個女試咗走出嚟個阿媽仲話好睇,仲問我地幾個同事的意見。

我想話,究竟係佢地著成咁樣引人犯罪???定係呢邊真係太多罪犯???

Thursday, February 3, 2011

迎接兔年

搵乜野嚟迎接?同往年一樣,又係blizzard囉!今次呢個雪暴據稱好鬼勁架(次次都話係好勁架喇)橫跨8個州去到Taxes都落雪呀!

今日下午五點鍾返工,仲未開始落雪,但間舖已經水静河飛,我仲要被分配去遙遠的一角摺衫,都好,因為好近園藝部,可以睇到出面風景!

睇住出面六點幾開始落,先頭都唔係好覺,七點幾發覺的雪已經係打橫亂飛,八點幾就成個地面都白晒囉。

 手痕又得閒查下手機天氣,出面係18F(-7C)不過風速最高係34mph所以感覺就係2F(-16C)。

 睇住出面個雪景,我就諗起以前係香港做野,個辦工室四面落地玻璃,對住個馬場景,最好睇就係打八號風球,橫風橫雨個景象,依家都係一樣,不過的雨變咗係雪囉!落大雨極,如果有好的渠道,的水都會走。但係依家落雪,的雪係會積聚嘅,只有等佢溶!!!





八點半,鄰居 Molly嚟入定貨(因為好大可能明天都係停課+默許曠工),就係我地傾計嘅時侯,同事話我知可以提早收工喇。我同鄰居前後唔夠20分鍾返屋企,但係地下已經唔見佢的車呔痕,可想而知有幾勁大雪。。。



肥鬼9.45pm打比我話依家開車返嚟,平時用1小時的車程,今晚用了兩個鐘!



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另外,真係要講呢間wally world真係把鬼!



我係九月開始係呢度返工,一入職無耐,就係美式足球U of M大戰MSU,日日都有人嚟問話要買球隊的衫,左問右問,問咗成個星期,都係無!有無攪錯呀!我係香港人都睇唔過眼,點答的客呀!係美國,講到咁普遍喜愛美式足球,而且人人都會著球隊衫去睇球賽,就算唔去現場睇而係屋企開party嘅都係咁著嘅,點可以成個星期都無貨架?!?!



後嚟?過晒的大賽成幾個星期,終於就成車成車咁嚟,仲要唔只美式足球,冰上曲棍球啦棒球啦都有呀,但係的比賽都過晒,搵鬼買咩,得個擺字都依家都無郁過。



以為咁大間跨國超市,唔會真係衰成咁???點知真係唔到係唔信!事實一一證明過你睇:



除咗今日呢個雪暴,早個月都有一個,個幾日,仲係聖誕附近時侯,好多細路仲放緊假唔使返學,咁出面成幾尺厚嘅雪,最好玩咪就係出去滑雪囉。



又唔係真係好pro個的,細路玩個的唶:









估佢唔到,咁大間超市,呢個膠蓋都無呀!!!!





何止呀?雪褲都無呀,日日比人問到口啞啞。點答呀!呢到邊度呀,michigan呀,年年都落雪架啦,天文台唔同香港個喎,早好耐就出到預報架喎,咁都可以無貨!





咁仲不突止。

今日。雪暴正日。無鹽賣。

呢的鹽係呢度生活必需品,一落大雪,家家都出去灑鹽灑到好似僵屍先生灑燸米咁樣,又唔會過期,都可以無貨。





據知咁大間舖,只得昨日有兩pallet(重型膠卡板)貨,昨日早上便賣晒,昨日+今日+聽日所有的生意都讓晒比對面。




呢間野真係無得救!!!

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Motto (2008.02.12)

Accuracy is everything when you climb Mt. Everest

JimWhittaker (1st American to reach the summit of Mt. Everest)

The top of the world is a very dangerous and unforgiving place.

That's why, to avoid life threatening weather, you must start your descent on time.
Which is why a dependable timepiece like a ???? Watch is so important in an environment that features truly adverse conditions.

The watch that once ran America's railroads now helps the world's explorers keep time. There is no timepiece that is as rugged and dependable.

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I guess every people would know that the above is an advertisement in one of a newspaper for a famous brand name of watch (and it's so expensive!) Note that I am not promoting the watch here, but, the first time I saw the ad, I just cut it and place it on my desktop, cause I just could not be more agree with the phase "Accuracy is everything when you climb Mt. Everest"

On the first day I joined the Club, I met Eva, she's my very best colleague I ever met. She taught me so many so many thing including accuracy, because, our boss, at that time, was a devil, 'she' would pin-point any small careless mistake you have made and even worse, she would not say it, until - 6pm when you pack up and go, she would then call you over and point out the thing and ask you to stay and correct it.

During that period, I also witness one accident - how a senior manager could trap a small potato (make her signing a misconduct). I feel so lucky that I have met Eva and to fight with her at that time. And I am so glad that we have safely travel throught that period and to learn a lesson - dangerous are everywhere, at work, people do not have the responsibility to treat you good or NOT to trap you and it's your own responsibility to be careful - at all times.

I am so so glad that I have been experience all that on the first few years when I just started working.

When looking at my junior staff right now, I feel myself even blessed as they did not go throught such tough period, thus, their hard time is coming and I know deep under, they are scared as their new supervisor (well know of very demanding) is soon arriving (to replace me)...

The first few years of work had made my career path more smooth and easy as I have taste the bittest first - which is also my own belief, just like that when I have a bowl of won ton noodles, I would eat the noodles first, finished by those won tons.... hahaha

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Team Building (2008.02.06)

又係封塵櫃桶搵到嘅...好在假假地,我都叫做帶過幾年童軍,咁啱個日班同事又好聽我話,我地個隊係個日的結果係好有機會被救..哈哈

Team Building Game - 沙漠歷險記

有一個場景,同一個 list 的物資,你要自己將個 list排一次,計計個生還機會,然後同成 team人discuss再排一次,再計計個生還機會....

場景:你流落係沙漠,現有以下物資,因能力有限,你會先取那樣物品,請將物品排列。
手電筒
大摺刀
當地航空圖
膠雨衣(大碼)
磁石指南針
薄紗布一箱
點45口徑手槍(有彈藥)
降落傘(紅色和白色)
鹽片一瓶(一千片)
每人四公升清水
書一本『沙漠中可食的動物』
每人太陽眼鏡一副
伏特加酒四公升
每人外套一件
化妝鏡一面





答案
1. 化妝鏡一面 - (這是獲救關鍵,在日間用來表示你的位置,是最快和最有效的,在太陽光下,可產生等如五萬至七萬支燭光,如反射太陽光線,在地平線另一端也可看到,有一面鏡,你有80%獲救機會)


2. 每人外套一件 - (在拯救隊來到前,要設法減低體內水份流失,人體40%是水,流汗及呼吸會使水份流失,保持鎮定可減低脫水速度,穿上外套可減低皮膚表面的水份散發。如沒有外套,維生時間便減一天)

3. 每人四公升清水 - 如有(1) & (2),你可生存三日,而水,有助減低身體內脫水的速度,口渴時,最好飲水,使頭腦清醒,特別在第一天,便要製造遮蔽的地方,因身體開始脫水時,飲水也沒有多大效用

4. 手電筒(四個電池大小) - 在晚上,手電筒是最快和最可靠的發訊號工具,有化妝鏡和電筒,24小時都可以求救。電筒也有其他用途--日間可用電筒的反光鏡和玻璃做訊號及生火之用,裝電池的部份可用來挖掘或盛水用(參考膠雨衣之蒸餾作用)

5. 降落傘(紅色和白色)- 可用作遮蔽和發訊號,用仙人掌做營桿,降落傘做營頂,可減20%的溫度

6. 大摺刀 - 可切碎仙人掌或切營桿用,也有其他用途,可放較前位置

7. 膠雨衣(大碼)- 可做集水器,在地上掘一洞,用雨衣蓋上面,然後在雨衣中間放一小石頭,使之成漏斗形,而日夜溫差可使空氣水份附在雨衣上,將雨衣上的水滴儲存在電筒蓋中,這樣大概每日可收集半公升的水,但也可消耗兩倍可收集的水份

8. 點45口徑手槍(有彈藥)- 第二天之後,說話及行動已很困難,身體已產生6-10%的脫水,手槍於是變得有用。彈藥有時可當起火用、而國際求救訊號是連發三個短的符號、槍柄又可當槌子。很多時,求生者最後沒有獲救,是因為不能發出求救聲音

9. 每人太陽眼鏡一副 - 在猛烈太陽光下,會患光盲症,用降落傘遮蔭可免眼睛受損,也可用黑煙將眼鏡燻黑,用手絹或紗布蒙眼,也可避免眼睛被太陽灼傷,但用真的太陽鏡當然更舒適

10. 薄紗布一箱 - 沙漠濕度低,被列為世上最少傳染病的地方,而事實上,身體脫水會使血液凝結減少血液流失。有一個事例:一男子體內失去水份,而身上衣服已撕破,倒在尖銳的仙人掌和石上滿身傷口,但沒流血,後來被救,飲水後傷口再度流血,紗布可當繩子包紮腳部,足踝,頭部及面部作保護之用

11. 磁石指南針 - 除用其反射面作發訊號之用,並無大用,反有引誘人離開失事地點之危機

12. 當地航空圖 - 可用來起火或當廁紙用,也可用來遮蔽頭部或眼睛,但也有引誘人離開失事地點之危機

13. 書一本『沙漠中可食的動物』 - 目前最大問題是脫水,不是饑餓。打獵所得,相等如失去的水份,沙漠中動物也什少可見,況且,吃食物也需要身體大量水份幫助消化

14. 伏特加酒四公升 - 只可當暫時降低體溫之用。劇烈酒精會吸去人體水份,更可致命。

15. 鹽片一瓶(一千片) - 人們過餳高估鹽的用途,如血液內鹽份增加,同時也需大量的水以降低含鹽量

計分方法

誤差的計算 - 將個人或小組決定的數字與專家的比對,統計正負便可計出總分

0-25 優異 / 26-32 優良 / 33-45 良好 / 46-55 平平 / 56-70 有少許生還希望 / 70 沒有生還希望

顏色代表性格取向的理論 (2008.02.06)

在封塵的櫃桶裏找到這份筆記...

在四種顏色中,選一個你最鍾意的:紅色、藍色、白色、黃色,係答案中,其實已經反映咗你的某部份性格。我自己覺得,有時會鍾意唔同的顏色...但分析都幾啱喎....

四種顏色性格取向的情緒管理(Colour Profile)

紅色(權力)

需要:被信賴有充足知識/成為對的一方/被人尊重/給予肯定

內心驅動力:習慣隱藏不安全感/以悅己為樂/領導權/經歷挑戰

藍色(親密)

需要:帶給人忠誠感覺/了解而快樂/被人欣賞/給予接納

內心驅動力:分享不安全感/以悅人為樂/自主/獲得安全感

白色(和平)

需要:內心舒暢/悠閒步伐/被人尊重/給予接納

內心驅動力:隱藏不安全感/以悅己悅人為樂/獨立/滿足感

黃色(創意)

需要:給人交際高手形象/被選中/受人注目被人尊重/給予肯定

內心驅動力:間中隱藏不安全感/以悅人悅己為樂/自由/娛樂生涯

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

An Old Calendar (2008.02.05)

Today is the last 7th day that I will be leaving this job here in the Club (exclude the upcoming Chinese New Year Public Holidays).

I just started packing my stuff, cos I have spend 10 years working here, it's a lot of work to do...

5 years ago, I was doing the same - packing, to move from the Clubhouse to here - Human Resources. I dont know why, maybe I am so excited for the things that's going to happen in the near future, (or that I really hate here??), I dont have much sad or unhappy feeling, this's the most different compared with 5 years ago.

Working in the Club, was actually my first job in my entire life since I graduate (or even more early as I was a trainee in the club when I study hotel mgt), back then, I dont like to leave my friends and colleagues who worked with me in the clubhouse, but I really couldn't tolorate my boss anymore at that moment , so I choose to leave.

Now, here has no one I hate, but just feeling everything is stuck with daily routine, and you dont even FEEL there's any possibility for change, add-on other personal reason, I just choose to up and go.

Be honest, I dont have much scary feeling of going to US, because, at worst case, I dont think I will be die because of starvation, I just need time to think of something - what I really want, how I want my life 2nd half part to be... ...

When I clearing my stuff in the drawer this afternoon, I just found out a "2001 Calendar" with the theme:-






"Happiness is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy."
Every day is a new beginning for us to do better
We need not to be perfect, but we need to grow
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by not doing well today
Never stop studying, Never stop reading, Never stop learning
Handle yourself with your head, but handle others with your heart
Effective communication is: make it clear, keep it simple, get to the point
The good news is that trouble can be turned into opportunity when you change your attitude
Do smart things with great love
To worry about tomorrow is to be unhappy today
Think little of what others think of you
Be confident and true to your own value, for no one can make you feel inferior without your concent

Because I really put it in action "never stop reading" so now that I have so many boxes of books to pack and take it home... ...

Sunday, November 18, 2007

暑期工 (2007 11 18)




























朋友們都知道, 我在動物比賽公司工作, 眨吓眼已經夠十年了



(2007年8月5日便是第11年的第1日了... 我入職的那年,剛好是香港政府推出強積金的前一年,所以,我可以話,係行公積金制度最後一年入職的死剩種..)


除了頭4年,我係會所嗰邊工作的時間,時常面對不夠人手之外,係2001年嚟咗“人樹部”之後,每年暑假, 我都非常頭痛,皆因我的team每年的同一時間,都要遇到同一問題,今年都唔例外,個問題就係“人手過剩”...

咁講好似好過份,但又係事實,點解呢?

皆因我公司,除咗係全港交稅最多的公司之外,仲要係每年都有最多實習生的公司,點解啲學生會咁擁躍走嚟呢,並唔係因為我地公司夠"叻",而係我地公司夠"濫",又夠"豪",一啲都唔怕"晒"錢...此其一..

其次,最主要係,我地呢度有個非常非常之交遊廣闊嘅千年女皇阿姐,每年拜託佢搵暑期工嘅人,不下數十個,仲有,幫啲姨媽姑姐啲仔仔女女搵暑期工嘅人,又不下數十個,更何況我阿姐,簡直係永無托手爭到一個高峰地步,照顧到無微不致,就連啲姨媽姑姐啲仔仔女女嘅同學都照顧埋...所以啲人嚟得就一串魚蛋咁嚟法

所以,我地呢度試過高峰時期有成18-23個暑期工+實習生+兼職係度,再加番我地條team本身都有成8個人,坐埋食飯閒閒地都兩三圍...







我成日同啲同學講,人多唔係問題,最緊要唔好係嗰啲讀死書嘅人,但好可惜,只係得其中一兩年嘅某幾個OK,其餘的多是唔醒目的人,點樣唔醒??踢一踢,郁一郁都不在話下,無野做唔識自己搵野做都算,又唔識柄埋自己,唔好冇野做都咁揚,仲要叫佢做野掛住傾講...呢啲都只係冰山一角..

今年仲大鑊,左右夾擊,先嚟個三劍俠,同其他大學或大專生唔同,佢地只係中七的,仲要俾我發現佢地只係某大老闆的秘書的兒仔加佢兩個同學,仲要懶到出汁...全天後淨係掛住傾偈仲要係好揚咁不停係我地個好open嘅office講手提 

然後又嚟兩個某某經理嘅仔女,唔識廣東話嘅(但睇均我條team都冇人同佢地溝通到嘅),所以我阿哥"好"濶佬咁話俾佢地幫我手做野,惡夢至此正式開始,皆因我嘗試俾啲簡單料佢地做,點知千年女皇阿姐第二朝就走嚟話"喂!個啲太悶,太淺,要俾啲有意思啲嘅野過佢地做"

我想話,我已經夠晒忙啦...仲要惗野俾佢地做,太深又唔得,太淺又唔得,佢地又唔係有心機做,乜都唔識,brief佢地嘅時候就係度鐘眼瞓....

好彩,呢個惡夢,只係每年一次...唔係嘅話,真係命都短幾年....

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

濶佬 (2007 10 09)

我相信,每個小朋友係細個嗰陣時,去年宵嘅那一夜,見到那大叔拿著一大束氦氣球在叫賣的時候,都會希望爸爸媽媽,會突然間癡咗線咁,成紮氦氣球買起佢俾自己...

又或者,再大一點的時候,每個少女,或者都會發夢,希望自己會有一個,好似晚九朝五入面的儍的男朋友咁,會買一大束氦氣球嚟放咗佢,氹自己開心...

但發夢還發夢,我惗就算係而家世界上最有錢嘅人,都會寧願攞啲錢去抽新股,都唔會咁做...

所以嗰日係動物比賽公司攪event時,見到呢一大束氦氣球,我真係兩眼發青光
兼非常非常開心





我以前都講過,動物比賽公司係一間好闊佬嘅公司,究竟點闊法呢???

我想話,呢紮咁大紮嘅氦氣球,係要成2千幾3千蚊,嗰日,個event要12:30hrs開始,而呢紮咁大紮嘅氦氣球,就要成12:20hrs先到步及攪點整好,呢紮咁大紮嘅氦氣球,作用只係裝飾一下那個,據阿大姐comment話個天花比較"吉"的entrance room...





(就係呢個比較吉嘅天花,你地仲可以見到仲有好多未拿下來)

而因為係 in-house lunch event,所以啲同事,全部都係最後一分鐘先嚟到,仲要係用九秒九嘅速度衝入去會場,我真係好懷疑,究竟嗰日有冇人留意到呢啲咁靚嘅氦氣球????

而呢紮氦氣球嘅生命嘅意義,就只係服務咗呢,短短嘅唔夠15分鐘..




在event完結時,我地一班同事,一番好心,二嚟又好鍾意啲氣球,又唔想浪費,雖然好難攞番屋企,都惗住係全部都拿下來,拎番去office度擺吓當decor都好吖(嗰日仲要係星期五!!!擺兩日到星期一返嚟都漏晒氣啦!!!)

正當我地好比心機咁係office週圍綁嘅時候,我地大佬,就比人叫咗去照肺...惡耗隨之而來...

呢紮咁大紮嘅氦氣球,眨吓眼,就到咗生命嘅盡頭喇!!!

原因係阿大姐話有人feedback話好驚啲氣球爆喎.?.?.?

咁我地兩個女生,就要拖住呢紮咁大紮嘅氦氣球,走去後樓梯,全部人手"吉"爆晒佢...而我就成為呢紮咁大紮嘅氦氣球嘅兇手只係趕得到同佢地影張相做紀念.....