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I am Isabel. Welcome to my blog. This place is a collection of my experiences.
Born in Sgp in Oct 1986.
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Monday, August 01, 2005 3:24 PM
- UPDATES: SIP SUCKS -
Ok. This is going to be quite a bit, I think. SIP sucks and this is what I wrote on my e journal recently.
Yesterday, we had another two new interns. I was off so I was not aware. This morning when I came to work in the MRT, my manager called me and told me to train the new interns. I agreed though I knew I did not have a chance to prepare anything for the training.It is different this time compared to the last intern I had helped out. Reason being I have not seen them before so things were going to be a little more formal. The first thing I did when I reached the office was to print out the checklists that I have done up previously. Since it was my manager who gave me this task, I was exempted from my normal duties for the day. I did not know how my colleagues felt about this but I soon found out. My end goal for the training is to ensure that I pass on whatever I know to them. I feel that this attitude is really the right way to go. So I tried my best and briefed them on the various destinations, the way to read the taxes' list and how to answer call-in customers using the RATS system.
When we had lunch together, I even told them honestly that I was an intern too and that I may not be as good as a senior but I will try my best. That been said, I can tell myself that the reason I am trying my best is because it is a task given to me and not because I was trying to act smart.In the afternoon, when I did up the extension numbers' list (another task by my manager over the phone), one of my colleagues walked past and asked why I was so "KPO". It really hurt me because I would not be doing it for fun right?Then in the evening, when I gave them a mini test, another colleague walked over and started saying out loud in general that the test was so difficult that even she who have been there for 6 years would fail it. Then she asked whether she should be sacked because she failed the test! Honestly, even the intern who have been there a month could answer the questions that I posted. The questions were meant to provide a real life example of what kind of questions customers would ask. I do not feel that I have done anything wrong but maybe the only mistake I made was trying my best and not hiding that in front of people who will always see me as an intern.
Am I too conscious of what others think? Maybe I am, but I always thought that it is good to care about what people think, so at least I can correct my mistakes. So I did a brave thing, I talked to my colleague (the one who called me "KPO"), and I explained that it was my manager who asked me to do up the extension list. I asked him after realising that I might have huge faults that I am bind to, what I did wrong. There was no clear answer but a good advice came from him and he told me that I should not be so conscious of what others think.I hope the advice will help. But on my part, I will have to be balanced. Though it is true that I should not be so affected by what my colleagues think but I cannot be so ignorant of what they feel too. Every feeling and word said, I believe has a purpose and meaning behind it. If I have been getting harsh words too often (thank goodness, I do not face this everyday!), I think I better question myself. It is hard I think, to try figure out what is wrong when you do not see it but at least I am taking first steps to admitting that I may have some hidden faults. I hope I find out the faults soon but on the brighter side of things, if harsh words only come from these colleagues and no one else in the office, I might really have to take the advice at the extreme and be so unconscious of them!Not to worry though, I am on internship, representing my school and myself, so I will be responsible and keep up what I set to achieve! Positivity keeps the sun shining!
But luckily, things are looking up at work. So not too bad. Wait till you read the next entry.
