Rant & Raves

It was 8:49am, and the office staff were busy working on their computers. The company event was just days away and everyone felt the pressure. Some of them even pulled all nighters trying to complete the task on hand.

At that moment, the toilet cleaner walked out inconspicuously and quietly from the washroom, carrying a red bucket with the mop. A few droplets of water fell from the mop, leaving a faint trail of his going. His head tucked low, vision fixed on the floor and he was trying to avoid any attention from the staff. But he walked with a purpose.

At 9:59am, the boss came into the office. Everyone called him a “Datuk” because he was reaching 70, yet he was filled with energy, and he would go into the office every day even though he had relinquished all his responsibilities and duties to his sons. He started the company many years ago, and the company was filled with rich history and heritage. He walked his round to talk to the staff, to ensure that no one was taking one too many breaks, and to ensure that no one was chatting online nor playing computer games. He is a very determined person, and a stubborn one, as his sons would call him. He didn’t want to retire just yet, and he was still very much involve in the company management, albeit his sons objections.

The Datuk was still very much in control of the company.

He went into his room, and at 10:16am, he walked out slowly from his office (with huge windows overlooking the scenery) and went into the washroom. Quickly, he came out, and his look was disgusted and worried.

He called out and a staff named K, an assistant manager whom sitting nearest to the washroom, went to the Datuk as soon as possible.

Datuk:[pointing] “You! Do you see anything wrong?”
K: “No sir. What’s wrong?”
Datuk: “Look carefully! Do you see ANYTHING wrong?”
K: “Er… no sir.”
Datuk:[pointing at the floor] “Look at these shoe prints!”
K: “…….”
Datuk: “Okay. I want you to find out who the culprits are. When you know who went into the toilet while the floor is wet, ask them to come to me.”
K: “Huh? Okay….”

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ME: “HAHAHAHAHA! Don’t tell me you really go and check who did it.”
K: “Er… yeah, I did.”
ME:[still laughing loudly] “But how?”
K: “Aiyah! I went to all the male colleagues and check their shoe prints to see if they matches the one in the toilet lor.”
ME: “Hahahaha!!! Dumb ass! If I were you I would just tell Datuk that I couldn’t find the person. I won’t even bother!”
K: “Yeah, but you don’t know Datuk. He will get to the bottom of it.”
ME: “So tell me, at the end did you find the culprit?”
K: “Nope.”
ME: “Exactly! What’s the difference if you were to tell him he couldn’t find without even bother looking for the culprit and you looked for the culprit but couldn’t find? You dumb ass!”
K: “Eh, don’t say that lah.”
ME: “So what happened after that?”
K: “I told him I couldn’t find, and he asked me to mop the toilet floor to make sure it’s clean.”
ME: “Hahahahahahaahaha!”
K: “…….”

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Honestly, the Datuk is definitely too free and he has nothing better to do than asking his staff to check out those shoe prints. But my friend was just too straight forward until he obeyed and really checked for those shoe prints.