Da Place

Employee Services Office.

HUH? What services?

My employment in Work And Travel required me to report to this stinkin' place every friggin' morning to clock in and get my time slip. It's the place I hated to be at the most. There were some buggers inside this office who'd scrutinize you from head to toe and make sure your appearances were presentable. What can possibly be worst than bright green uniforms??? I bet everyone wouldn't want to take a second look at us if they could help it.

Anyway, the bane of my reporting every morning was how anal they were in the colour of the teeshirt inside the uniform. Yes, apart from the green uniforms, we had to don a PLAIN WHITE TEE SHIRT in it so that our "beautiful bodies wouldn't be seen" - quote unquote Kayla HR. If you don't want to see my sexy body, then why make the material so translucent? The price to pay for having to wear two layers is the sweltering summer heat. Summer heat + No ventilation in kitchen + Heat from grill, fryer, oven = WOOHOO GOOD GAME!

Them E.S.O peeps would scrutinize the colour of the tee shirt inside. Oh they would check for patterns and designs on it too. Got design, got pattern, NOT ALLOWED! Go back home change! Or buy their ridiculously priced PLAIN WHITE TEE for freaking USD$4.

A friend of mine was stopped for wearing a spag top instead of a tee shirt. She was also rudely told: "Which part of a plain white sleeved tee shirt do you not understand?" How uber humiliating.

1) The alternative to covering your sexy body in that translucent uniform without overheating yourself is to wear something light inside ie singlet for guys, spag top for girls. BUT NO, TEE SHIRT IS THE WAY TO GO! No wait, make that PLAIN WHITE TEE SHIRT. This I emphasize again: PLAIN WHITE TEE SHIRT.

2)Do the Internationals look like they have a lot of PLAIN WHITE TEES to spare? We came with the knowledge that uniforms would be provided, where in the freaking hell would we think about bringing extra plain white tees? And for the record, the two washing machines were shared amongst all the guys (prolly around 20++ of us) and each round of washing cost USD1.50, two rounds (whites and colors)=3 bucks. You still need to dry them, no? Another dollar and a half. It's hard to be accomodating to them if they are so hard to please!

Did I mention about their ridiculously priced plain white tees at four bucks? I am SO flustered about this because I was bloody forced to purchase that darn piece of WHITE CLOTH just because I did not wear white inside! Thinking about it just makes my blood boil.

You see, I have this grey FOX top with a bit of white around the neck area. When I wore my uniform on the outside, it looked like I was wearing a white tee inside cos only the white parts could be seen. That day was really a bad day for me, for I was stopped at this horrible place because I "wasn't wearing a plain white tee inside". If a person who wears white tee inside stands beside me, I doubt people can actually tell if my shirt is grey or not - I hid it very, very well. BUT NOOOO, they made a big hoohaa out of it, and didn't let me clock in.

At that point of time, I was already half-hearted to go back home and not return until the next day. After weighing the pros and cons of going home (aka no income), I decided to purchase the ridiculously priced PLAIN WHITE TEE for USD$4. Heart pain. Really heart pain.

In another incident, I was caught with red highlights on my hair! My goodness, all my life I've never highlighted my hair red. I submitted my slip at the end of the day and this gay bastard (the whole park knew he was) asked me to tilt my head. Not knowing what was going on, I readily followed. The very next day, I was forced to go to HR to "get my hair inspected". Consequently, I got into a mini quarrel with the fat bitch.

I garnered support from my supervisor and manager who both agreed my hair was naturally coloured. The truth was, I dyed it 2 months ago from then (and it wasn't red!!!) and before this incident, I chopped off my long hair and whatever was left was the black roots. Not my fault if my natural hair color is reddish black under the sun what! Eventually, the people at HR also agreed that my hair wasn't dyed.

I was not so agitated with the inspection, I was more pissed that there are people with more distinctively coloured hair (my manager said she saw someone with purple highlights working there) and all of them weren't caught and I was. WTF?

Everyone hates the E.S.O crew.