Stupidity Factor - Example 4

Hi all,

Yes, i know this blog hasnt been updated for awhile. But trust me, i've been saving it for the better stories of office life.

Let's start with Example 4 - 151110. And back-date Examples 1-3 another time.

I have a colleague called, S. Ong. I'm gonna make it simple and just call him, S.O. (pun intended).

S.O. came knocking on my partition. He mumbled something incoherent and walked off to the Gents. When he came back, he asked me, "Are you coming?" "Where are we going?", I asked, knowing that he wanted to go for lunch, but I just like asking anyway to avoid miscommunications. "You dont know what time is it ah? Go lunch la!", he said. "Ok", I replied. "I'll be at the UOB place." "Alright", I replied.

So he walked off. After he vanished, my colleagues went off to the fabled UOB place. We decided to try new dishes, so we went to another coffeeshop, hoping to avoid S.O.

And we were successful. =)

After work, more unfortunate things happened. I just arrived at the bus stop awaiting for bus to Tampines. I was checking what time the bus was arriving. At that moment, S.O. happened to see me. He walked over and asked, "What are you doing here?". "Waiting for bus, you?", I replied with a shipload of sarcasm. "I waited for 20min and my bus hasnt arrived, dont know why take so long." I just ignored him and continued to check my webpage.

A moment later, my HR manager arrived too. The first words that came out of S.O.'s mouth were, "Wah, how come you not working till 10pm tonight? You not sending us offensive emails tonight meh?" "What offensive emails?", she replied. "Those that demand us to validate our MC la" he said. (Furiously) "You think I got nothing better to do than to send emails? It is by request of the GM. I also got a boss to report to, you know?", she erupted (like Merapi, but exponentially more explosive).

Having said that, he apologised, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it is not offensive la". (What an ass, I thought to myself.) At that moment, her bus arrived, and she stormed aboard, turning back and waving goodbye to me. I reciprocated. He then asked me, "This bus turns right?" Refusing to reply, I just nodded my head. And at that moment, he left and there were fireworks in the sky and all's well on Earth again. (Ok, there was no fireworks, but all's well on Earth again.)

Even a kindergarten kid has more EQ than an S.O. (pun again).

Peace!

Stay tuned for Examples 1 through 3.