47.You now know ginger, next is pepper.

Lunch time today, I had a short psycology lesson with… the mums.

“There are many types of people you will meet Lin Ji, some are like ginger some are onions. You have to be smart. You must cover all obvious… ” -pause- “just pretend the people are all daft” -pause- Okay, so they didn’t quite exactly say this word for word but the point is there. “Rule Number One is not to trust people so easily. And Rule Number Two is back up everything you do with black and white – with proof“, another added.

And it so happened hours after lunch, a lady came in and told me that her child had lost her class photo. Child’s mom wanted to know whether we could retrieve it. As soon as I said no, she shot me with…

Her:  ”I thought all photos should have names printed on the cover so whoever finds one lying around can return it”

My Thought: What makes you think people will return?

My actual reply: All pictures have been distributed by the teachers and all teachers are required to sign a sheet to confirm they have taken it. Your child is in the upper primary group hence she has signed on the sheet too. *her child nodded in agreement*

Her: * a long ooohhhhhh*

My Pose: *keep smiling…keep smiling…keep smiling* and *keep smiling*

Her: Okay then… so if the photo could not be found, I still can order it, yes?

Ms. Cashier and I: Yes…

It was a hard long annoying job to go ALL around the class to have the teachers sign the sheet and wait for the children to sign the sheets. But I guess it’s necessary. If I hadn’t thought of making the children signed the sheet in the first place, I might not be able to smile at her. haha. Tsk~

Mind you though, this is just ONE of the many parents that came and asked what happened to their children’s class photo (why the little brother has it and the older one hasn’t..bla bla).

Not blaming the parents doing their thing. They should come up I guess and inquire since they pay for it. I, on the other hand did my best and only hope the parents could just be a little more understanding.

~ by floweret on April 30, 2008.