Thursday, November 05, 2009
Do you know that names play a big part of our lives? Its so important that we seldom use our own name. Think about this, your name belongs to you, yet, how many times u call yourself in a day? Most of the time, its being used by others. Familiar or not familiar with you, they use your name.
I was chatting with the PA of my big boss sometime back and I asked her how was the interview of the new pantry lady coming about. I saw quite a few people coming for interview, yet I don't see any new pantry lady. She told me something that kinda set me thinking. Apparently, she found a suitable candidate. Every thing about her is what the company is looking for, but there's only one thing about her that my boss's PA cannot accept. She has the same name as my lady boss. Imagine someone asking for the pantry lady and calls her name, and my lady boss happen to be in the showroom as well.
Hmmmm... Feel weird
isnt it? And because she is not willing to use another name in the office, the company could not employ her. You may see it as ridiculous, but true.
Next, a similar incident. We had a new Duty Facility Officer couple of months back. Know as Wong. Yes, he's a nice person, and did the best for his job. In fact, the best
DFO we've employed so far. But for some particular reason, he left the job. Shortly after he left, I found out that he has a name that we never knew since we know him as Wong. You may have guessed it, the same christian name as my big boss....
Hahahaha.. Having the same name as my big boss and lady boss here will mean that you have to either change a name or be called otherwise. Now, you choose, change name or secure a job?
Another incident that happened in the office. We have a part time cleaner called Anna. She's been in this company for many years. Last year, the company employed a contract staff from China as a full time cleaner and some pantry duties. Her
cheena name was quite a barrier for many of my '
ang mo' speaking colleagues. And, we also have quite a number of expats coming in and out of showroom, they conveniently gave her a new christian name, even without asking her! To make things easy, they started to call her Annie, which
rhymes with Anna, our part time cleaner. So no matter how they call, one of the cleaners will respond. I wonder if she really like her new name. And this name was used in our
extension number list. Imagine she goes back to China with her new name? Or she may abandon this name altogether, so as to forget her
Singapore (bad) working experience?
What an irony is that. Our name belongs to us, yet we seldom use it, forced to change it or forced to hide it. I've never called Annie as Annie. I call her by her original name, never know whether she likes this name or not...............
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