Did i type it here before, that i love my work as an usher, especially @ ucc.. everyone there is ard the same age and mostly in the same school…hence we click well across the 3 teams, especially during commencement period when every team has ppl working on any single shift..

for ppl who dunno wat commencement is..u can take a look @ the website.. 21 shifts spread over 8 days and 7100 graduands and countless number of guests.. we meet all kind of ppl, those who refused to be packed, as in we try to maximise sitting by requiring guests to fill up all the seats and leave gaps.. but often u have asshole patrons who refuse to play ball.. u have ppl who wanna leave their seats to take fotos..u have ppl who wanna leave b4 the VIPs do…suckiest thing is that u have to deal with the Orcs and the Undead

Now the Undead are pretty ok actually, they are the main in-charge of Commencement, do stuff like plan the graduation schedule..showing the grads to their seats n making sure their names appear on the screen correctly..

Orcs, are a different breed..everywhere they go..they wear their armour, read: power suits… their jobs are to deal with external affairs of nus…media experts…whatever ucall them..they have VIPs coming per shift who will sit in the front 3 rows usually.. of cos somedays u dun have much vips, like just now…so u can’t even fill up 1st row..

The orcs decide that it doesnt look nice..and hence told me to look for patrons who are well-dressed to sit front row… hence i approached 2 old ladies who looks well dressed enuff..ok they aren’t dressed for some cocktail function, but neither are they dressed for pasar trip.. the 1st thing the orcs told me upon my decision

“WHY DO YOU CHOOSE THIS KIND OF PEOPLE?”

Total loss for words on my part..

Later the final 3 VIPs came, dressed in jeans and t-shirts..basically look ready for shopping centre.. and i did the most unprofessional thing in my 1.5 yrs of ushering, i sarcastically asked the orcs, mabbe within hearing dist of the VIPs… “THESE ARE YOUR VIPS?” Nothing happened that afternoon…until evening when my colleague told me that the head orc asked him for my name n probably wanna make a complaint against me… no lah, orcs can’t talk to me personally…i too low in the fucking order.. must tell their head to fuck my head who will then fuck me, mabbe?

I have only this to say to the orcs. BEFORE YOU GET TOO COMFORTABLE AND HAUGHTY IN YOUR POWER SUITS, PLS FUCKING WAKE UP YOUR IDEA… YOU WORRY ABOUT NUS’ IMAGE WHEN I SAID WHAT I SAID IN FRONT OF YOUR SO-CALLED VIPS..HOW U CHOOSE THEM, HOW THEY DRESS IS NOT MY PROBLEM.. I AM DOING YOU AND THE AUNTIES A FUCKING FAVOUR BY MOVING THEM, THEY GET A BETTER VIEW AND YOU GET YOUR FILLERS.. YOUR VIPS MAY NOT BE HAPPY WITH WHAT I SAID TO YOU ALL, I AGREE IT’S MY FAULT AND I’M MORE THAN WILLNIG TO APOLOGISE ON A PROFESSIONAL LEVEL..BUT WHAT U SAID TO ME, IF MY AUNTIES HAVE SHARPER EARS AND KNOW ENGLISH..HOW WOULD THEY FEEL..

Anyway orcs like these occur in every facet of life, especially in aNUS… i guess we just have to bear with them…if i have a chance to turn back time and go thru this incident again…i would not change wat i did….

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