A team of staff doing data processing and input was asked to work from home due to Covid19 pandemic.
While working from home, each only achieved 40% productivity compared to 85% in office. The government has relaxed rules to allow more staff to go back to office. Many of the staff in the team do not want to go back. They enjoyed the freedom of working from home where they can have the time and flexibility of picking up their children from school, wake up a little later, eat and drink anything anytime, ending the day early, save on transport expenses and commuting time. The manager told them it is not up to them to say whether they want to go back office or not. It's up to the company to decide. One even threaten to report to the relevant authority if she is asked to go back to office. An India's citizen staying in Singapore was buying chicken from the wet market.
The seller weighed the chicken and she saw the weight and price displayed on the scale. She asked the seller to help her chop the chicken into smaller pieces. After the seller handed over the chopped chicken to her in a plastic bag, she placed it on the electronic weighing scale again to check the weight. A man bought two chicken bun at a bakery for $2.60 early in the morning.
He has only one $50 note in his wallet. While making payment, he asked the staff if they have change for big note and offered to give her 60 cents. He dug into his recycle bag for a long time trying to find his coins. Ended up he only had 50 cents, short of 10 cents. The staff told him, "Never mind," and returned him $48. At 5pm, the man went to buy another two chicken bun from the same shop. He told the same staff to charge him $2.70 as he owed her 10 cents earlier. She took a look at him again as he was wearing a mask. "All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others."
NoA man sent money to an overseas friend urgently using online fund transfer service. He sent the fund during Labor Day public holiday on Friday. There were two days of public holidays on Monday and Wednesday in the recipient's country. He was expecting his friend to receive the fund by end of Tuesday as his previous experiences with another provider took only two hours fastest and within the next working day the latest. As it was rather urgent, he wrote to check on the status. All he got was the same reply that fund is on the way. Out of desperation, he wrote to the CEO via LinkedIn. He was surprised to get a reply within minutes. The CEO acknowledged their fault and apologized for it. He also said he will send a $50 credit. The man got a call the next day and was told by a staff they will credit a $10 voucher to him. He updated the CEO about the call. No reply from the CEO. "Talent hits a target no one else can hit.”
"But genius hits a target no one else can see.” "What we carry defines who we are. And the effort we make is our legacy."
"Children are not a distraction from more important work. They are the most important work."
I hear and I forget.
I see and I remember. I do and I understand. I left my water bottle on train platform at one of the station.
When I realized it, I quickly called the station to check if anyone happened to pick it up and left it with the staff. Two hours later, I made a trip to the station to get back the bottle. The staff asked me a few questions to verify that the water bottle belonged to me (For?????). He then handed over a feedback form for me to fill on the spot. What can I say? A lady was taking photos of every postage package as she slots them into the mailbox presumably to show to her online buyers that she has sent the items.
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