Sunday, August 21, 2005

The Delivery of Tape Saga

Ah Girl asked a colleague to ask me to deliver a tape for her the next day. I didn't know the request originate from Ah Girl, so I agreed.

But the next afternoon, Ah Girl called personally, saying the tape needs to be duplicated and I were to send the duplicate copy to my boss. She asked if I could do her this favour. I said this is the busiest day of my week, and I might not be able to do it. Instead of coming back to finish her unfinished work, she told me to finish another person to do it for her!!

That's not the end. After delivering the tape, I started getting phone calls from her imediate superiors regarding the sending of the tape. I almost told them, tell Ah Girl to do her job properly and you people won't be worrying so much.
Oh, and Ah Girl actually text me to check if I had deliver the tape, at 8pm, when I'm doing a live show!! And those people who work in the office which I'm suppose to deliver the tape have already gone home. So, if I had really forgotten to send, what can she do?

By the way, that tape was needed for transmission the next day. So much for sense of responsibility!!

When will she learn?

The nature of our job involves a lot of coordination. Those people who do voice-overs for us and usually DJs, and they have to go on-air at specific time slots. It is always easier to text them, than call them as they might be doing some voice recording and will not be able to answer phone calls. After working with them, we would usually take note of the time slot in which they go on-air and avoid calling them at that specific period.

Ah Girl did the unthinkable.

Ah Girl: Hi xxx, is it convenient for you to talk now?
xxx: "i'm on-air now" (something which I figure it out later)
Ah Girl: I know, that's why I ask you whether is it convenient to talk now
xxx: .......
Ah Girl: Are you able to come down to do a voice over?

At this point of time, I almost fainted. I forgot what happen later.