Saturday, June 26, 2010

Mr Eric Chew | Go to post ➜

I was tasked to stand at the gate from 8.30am to 9.30am to direct any new mentors to the canteen. During that one hour, the security gate uncle came and talked to me.
I have learned a lot during that one hour for he had passed me his experiences and wisdom of his working life and parts of his family situation.

Eric Chew was his name. He used to be a technician at Goodwood hotel. He told me about his boss at Goodwood hotel, his boss carries the same name as him, Eric smth, I can't remember. He told me that communication and knowing how to speak and the way you present yourself is very important in this world. His boss is a very good man, always call him brother but he never once called his boss brother but addressed him as 'Sir' or 'Mr smth' .

He also told me that in future when I start to work, do not talk about other people bad words in the office/ workplace. Always watch out for yourself do not back stab other other people at your office. Because the boss always has his eyes 'spies' around. Other people may back-stab you if you are not careful. DO NOT play politics at work because it can ruin your rice bowl anytime, you will never know when it will be broken. Be humble, there is no use of being proud in the working environment. Just understand about what is happening around you is enough, do not become a busy-body "ke-po" because nobody likes them.

When the boss ask you about someone for example "How do you think of the manager Mr Koo ?"
You cannot say bad things about him, neither can you say good things about him because the boss will think that you are boot-licking.
Then how should you answer ?
Answer : "Boss, see it for your own self. Different people have different perception. I am in no position to comment about him"
Something like that ... get it ?

Personality, how you carry yourself, is also important. He during his work at Goodwood hotel, he would come into contact with customers complaining about the electrical appliances. So he said, if the customers insist on something and you think that it is not in the Standard of Procedures "SOP" then tell the customer : " Please excuses me Sir/Madam, I shall ask/inform/consult/bring my supervisor. " He told me that there is no point arguing with the customer. Because the customer is the "king".

Mr Eric Chew resigned from Goodwood hotel after he met a ghost during the 7th month. He was reluctant after all, he had been with Goodwood hotel for about 16 years. He told me about the "lu" - chinese that if someone meets to "lu" something bad will happen. He met the 'lu' and instantly, his mouth was crooked. During that period, 3 people die in the hotel. Eric does not want to be the 4th person, and sooo ... he resigned.
He is a security guard at JunYuan primary school for almost 8 years now.

PS :

• I do not know what is a "lu" but I shall ask around.

• The conversation was mostly in Chinese... and my Chinese is not really good. So part of what he said, I do not really know. However understanding a general idea of what he said was good enough.

• I decided to 'open' back my blog to share this post with whoever you are. I want to share what he said, just like what he shared with me.
  

• Although the contents of this post seems to be common sense, I feel that there is no harm reading it. After all, human can be forgetful and make mistakes along the wayyyy .... This post is just to 'minimise the damage' .

In that one hour, I can tell that he is a out-going, open-minded , socialised , flexible and a cheerful man. I really learned a lot.
Thank you Mr Eric Chew for you to pass on your wisdom and experiences to me :)
Although you are a free thinking...
I would like to say " May GOD be with you , kind soul =) " .

I don't know why I have an exceptionally sweet tooth today. Craving for sweets the moment I came back from lunch.

4:54:00 PM