I had been working in a job that wasn’t particularly fulfilling, but at least provided enough of an income to get by.

I had few friends and my social life was practically non-existent, so I decided to take a trip to Bangkok in the hopes that a change of scenery would help me feel better about myself.

Little did I know that this would be the start of one of the most traumatic experiences of my life.

My first night in Bangkok, I was approached by an older man who was clearly from the city. He introduced himself as a “magician”, and told me he could help me “attract women” using a special type of perfume he had. I was taken aback by the suggestion, but I was also desperate and lonely, so I decided to hear him out.

He told me that the perfume was made of special ingredients that had been collected from all over the world, and that when I wore it, it would help me attract the attention of any woman I wanted. He said it was expensive, but that he could offer me a discount if I bought it right then and there.

The man seemed convincing enough, so I decided to purchase the perfume for 1,500 baht. He told me to follow him to a nearby store, where he said he could get me a discounted price.

Once we arrived, I was shocked to find out that the perfume was actually extremely expensive, the price became 3,500 baht. I began to feel uneasy about the whole situation, but the man assured me that the price was worth it, and that it would help me get the woman of my dreams.

I reluctantly handed over the money, and he gave me the bottle of perfume. I thanked him and returned to my hotel room, feeling a little bit relieved that I had taken the plunge.

However, the next morning I realized that the man had scammed me. The perfume smelled terrible and had no effect on the women I tried it on. In fact, they seemed to be repulsed by it. I was outraged, and felt like an idiot for falling for such an obvious scam.

The experience left me feeling scammed, embarrassed, and humiliated. I knew I had been taken advantage of, and I felt like I was never going to be able to trust people again.

It’s a confusing and unexpected feeling when you get fired from your job.

When I got the news, I was absolutely taken aback. After all, I had worked at the company for over five years, and I had never had any major issues in the past.

So why did I get fired?

After much reflection, I realized that it was due to my punctuality issues.

I had always been a bit of a procrastinator, but I had never thought it would lead to me getting fired. I thought I had been managing my time well enough to avoid any major problems. But I was wrong. My boss had been warning me for months about my tardiness, but I never took it seriously. I thought that as long as I got my work done, it wouldn’t matter if I was a few minutes late here and there.

It wasn’t until I got fired that I realized how important punctuality is in the workplace. My boss had been lenient with me in the past, but he had reached his breaking point. He had finally had enough and decided to let me go. I was devastated. It was a huge wake-up call and I finally realized the importance of being on time.

After that experience, I decided to make a change. I started setting alarms and reminders for myself so that I would be more punctual. I also made sure to give myself plenty of time to get to work or to appointments. I also started to plan ahead for any tasks or meetings so I would be more prepared and less likely to be late.

It was a difficult adjustment at first, but I eventually got into the habit of being punctual. Now, I make sure to always arrive on time and I even try to be early if possible. I also make sure to be organized and plan ahead so I can avoid any last-minute rushes.

It’s been over a year since I got fired and I’m happy to say that I’ve never been late to work since. I’ve been able to keep a steady job and I’m even up for a promotion soon. I’m grateful that I was able to learn this important lesson, even if it did come at a cost.

Punctuality is an essential quality to have in the workplace. It shows that you respect your employers time, and it also shows that you are reliable and dependable. I’m glad I was able to learn this lesson and now I make sure to take punctuality seriously. I can honestly say that getting fired was one of the best things that ever happened to me.

I’ve just had the most outrageous experience ever!

I was working in my cubicle at the office and my boss told me to stay back for five more minutes to finish up a project. I was already working late, and I was so frustrated with the thought of having to stay back even longer that I decided to go to the Human Resources Department and complain about the situation.

My boss had assigned me a project at the last minute. I worked late into the night that day and was about to finish up, when my boss asked me to stay back for five more minutes. I was so angry and frustrated! I’m a hardworking employee and I don’t think it’s fair that I’m being asked to work late, without any additional compensation.

I went straight to the HR department and complained about the situation. I told them that I don’t think it’s fair that I’m being asked to work five minutes extra without any additional compensation. I asked them if there was anything they could do to help me out.

The HR department listened to my complaint, but they said that they could not do anything to help me out. They told me that it was part of my job to stay back for an extra five minutes when asked and that I should just accept it.

I was so angry and frustrated! I explained to them that I was already working late and that asking me to stay back an extra five minutes was completely unreasonable. I also said that I should be compensated for the extra five minutes, as I am already working late and not getting paid for it.

The HR department said that there was nothing they could do. They said that I should just accept it and that it was part of my job. I was so angry and frustrated that I decided to take matters into my own hands.

I told the HR department that I wanted to be compensated for the extra five minutes that I was asked to work. I said that I wanted to be paid the same amount I would have been paid if I worked the extra five minutes during my regular hours. The HR department said that they would look into it and get back to me.

A few days later, I received an email from the HR department stating that they had looked into my situation, and that they had decided to offer me a one time compensation for the extra five minutes I had been asked to work, a $10 NTUC voucher.

I was like What the…

I have been with my girlfriend for two years now and she has always been the type of person who likes to show off how much money she has.

She has expensive cars, the latest fashion, and never hesitates to buy whatever she wants regardless of the cost.

Recently, I had to tell her that she needs to learn to appreciate the simple things in life to be truly happy. I told her that having a BMW sports car won’t make her happy and that she should learn to be content with what she has. I know she was disappointed, but I felt like it was important to let her know that she should find joy in her simple everyday life and not be so focused on material possessions.

At first, she was a bit taken aback by my words.

She wanted to show me that she could buy a BMW sports car to prove that I was capable of buying it for her. I told her that money isn’t the key to happiness, and that she should focus on the little things that make life meaningful. I suggested that she take time to appreciate the beauty of nature, spend more time with her family and friends, and be thankful for what she has.

After some time, my girlfriend began to understand my point. She started to appreciate the little things that she had taken for granted before. She started to take walks in nature and enjoy the beauty of the environment. She spent more time with her family and friends, and even started to volunteer in her community.

At the same time, she stopped focusing on material possessions and replaced them with meaningful experiences. She started to travel more, explore new cultures, and learn new things. She also started to practice mindfulness and meditation to appreciate the present moment.

My advice to anyone in a similar situation is to encourage your significant other to appreciate the simple things in life. Remind them that money isn’t the key to happiness, and that life is made up of moments and experiences that can’t be bought. It is important to appreciate what you have, and to find joy in the little things.

Feel so violated

I work for a rather big company, they took part in the NDP parade. Their whole basis revolves around keeping their customers info private and confidential . However, they don’t even treat their STAFF’S information as p&c.

Recently, I was diagnosed with a life changing disease and no matter how I try to explain it to my AM she does not believe that I am sick. She thinks I am faking my medical leaves. I know cause she gossips with my coworker.

She expressed her disbelief that I could be sick after so many months even with documents and letters from my doctors .

So she actually msg me saying she called my doctor on my behalf.

As my AM she has all my personal information like my IC number, phone number and address. I find it extremely violating that she would use my person info and pretend to be me. Maybe I could understand if she was HR but she is just my AM. When I asked HR they of caused denied and is on the company’s side .

Feel very violated that she can “anyhow” use my personal info like that…what can I do?

Here are what netizens think:

• Even with HR team, they cannot impersonated you to make that call. HR can call on behalf of the company to find out about your medical condition but nv impersonate you. Pls report

• Impersonation is a serious offence. Make a police report!

• You need to file a complain, to top management , HR, MOM, TAFE, police for breech of pdpa and impersonation. Even if am need to validate info, am need to go through HR . hR will be the one dealing with the enquiry and via proper black and white channel.This is a serious offence

• this is so wrong.. please report it.even with HR Id reckon prior consultation with company doctor is also necessary and with justified cause.

I have been with my boyfriend for 3 years now and we have been living together since.

Have I lost my boyfriend?

My boyfriend is extremely loving to me and patient but we have the usual arguments like most couples. I have a son from my previous marriage and my bf loves him dearly and I am extremely happy to see him looking after us very well.

He just told me some very painful stuff about our sex life and I am quite broken right now..

At the start, we were making love daily and I very much enjoyed it. But six months in, I started feeling pressured when he would sulk when I didn’t want to. Thankfully, I conveyed it to him and he listened and was quite mature about it – he didn’t push and only asked me every month or so. What I didn’t really realise that whenever he tried to get into the mood with me, I would tell him I’m tired and he would stop pushing for it. I didn’t actively realise that he would try again for the next 2-3 days before I gave in.

Today he told me how he truly felt for the last 2 years+.

He knows I’m tired all the time so he picked up most of the chores and looking after my son so that I can rest. He told me that how I would spend the day either watching TV series/movies or playing games which caused me to be tired at night all the time. He said whenever he asked me if it was too much to ask for it once a month and that whenever I turned him down he felt he has to practically beg for it before I gave in.

I’m really sad because I know he loves us dearly and would do everything he can to make us happy and rested.

It has been almost a year since we last were physical because I was feeling tired all the time. I didn’t really notice he was trying and he felt..unwanted. It was his birthday recently and he brought us out to have a fun day. I was very happy until it was night time when he tried to touch me and I pushed him to say I’m tired. He went quiet and went to bed without saying anything. The next day he was very distant and didn’t talk to me the whole day(he would call me every day from office whenever he can). I felt something was not right and spoke to him that evening. He told me that he felt very unwanted and had actually already resigned to fate that I will not be physical with him but he was hoping that for just one day on his birthday I would prioritise him. I was taken aback as I made him a beautiful breakfast. He said he was hoping I would put in some effort to care about him(he asked me to take a nap the previous day so that I won’t be tired at night and he complained that I ended up watching Netflix instead).

The most hurtful thing was that he said..he has lost the desire to make love. He said that he doesn’t want to feel like crap being disappointed time after time even though he has done everything for me to be well rested and cared for.

When I brought up that I was tired, he said if I even made any effort to Google what was wrong and how I could rectify it. He ended the conversation saying that it changes nothing between us and he still loves me and my boy and will not stop caring for us. I can’t help but to feel the last few days have been a little awkward at times.

He is several years younger than me and I believe he is not doing anything funny.

He lets me have access to his web WhatsApp at home and I see all his convos, nothing funny comes up. He also has the find my iPhone app where I usually see how long it takes before he gets home(always home to office and back home immediately).

I tried touching him last night and he just kissed me good night.

I am really broken..how can I salvage my relationship?

I never thought it would come to this, but here I am: faced with a choice between the unknown and a friendship that may never be the same.

My friend had been so excited about his MLM business which he has just joined and had tried so hard to get me to join him, but I just couldn’t bring myself to do it.

I knew it wasn’t for me

I’d heard all the horror stories about MLM schemes, and I just couldn’t bring myself to invest my time and money into something like that. I knew, deep down, that I could never be successful at it. It just wasn’t for me.

My friend didn’t understand my hesitation, and he became increasingly frustrated with me as the weeks went on.

He kept trying to convince me that it was a great opportunity and that I should give it a chance, but I just couldn’t go through with it.

Finally, after weeks of trying to persuade me, my friend had had enough. He told me that I had no drive in life, and that I was too scared to take risks.

He said that I was wasting my life away, and that I would never find success if I kept living like this.

I was taken aback. I couldn’t believe that he was saying these things to me.

I had known him for so long, and I thought he was my friend. I was so hurt and angry that I just said nothing.

He insisted that I had no drive

A few days later, I tried to talk to him about what he had said, but he refused to listen. He just kept telling me that I had no drive in life and that I was wasting away.

It felt like I had lost a part of my life that day. I had been so close to my friend, and I thought we shared a special bond. But now, it felt like it was all gone.

It’s been months since that day, and my friend and I still don’t talk. I never did join his MLM business, and I assumed that it was the right choice.

Company name is *company name redacted*

-Boss constantly smokes in office (Head) be prepared to have smoke blown near you.

-The HR (which is also female boss) is the one complaining to boss, and you’re always there to defend yourself even though you’re right

-the negative reviews in Glassdoor are real, positive are being forced to write by bosses.

-Expect to work OT EVERYDAY after working hours, else you’re lazy, not following rules, threaten to use law against you. (Stated in the contract unpaid OT) expect you to be 24/7 when they pay you peanuts.

-You can only leave office AFTER THE BOSS LEAVE.

-Claim that the letter is drafted by lawyers and it’s legal (It’s only protecting employers, almost zero to none employee benefit) hence threatening daily if refuse to abide by THEIR rules. You’re definitely a slave

-Expect to work weekends, no work life balance, UNPAID

-Can see everyone morale in office <10 employees all their Morales low asf, not sure why they aren’t even leaving.

-They have 7CCTV spying on you, even talking for awhile to colleagues will have the female boss questioning you.

-Fights almost everyday, feels like a battlefield. Almost drama all day. Living on edge .

-Rumors of some part timers not getting paid on time.

I recently found out that my friend got her work probation extended three times.

I was a little surprised since I thought that usually after the first extension, it meant that the employee was asked to leave the company.

Her father and the CEO are friends

But then I found out that the reason why she got an extension was because her father was friends with the CEO of the company.

My friend told me that she had been working with the company for almost two years and was placed on probation for not meeting her performance goals.

She was given an extension to prove that she could reach the goals but she couldn’t. Then, after the first extension, she was given another one and then another one. It just seemed to keep going on and on.

I asked her why she could keep getting an extension if it was obvious that she wasn’t meeting the goals.

She said that it was because her father was friends with the CEO and probably the manager knew which was why they didn’t dare to ask her to leave in case they offended the CEO.

She also said that her dad had been friends with the CEO for a long time, since childhood and they had a good relationship.

So when she failed her first probation, it was kinda no surprise that she didn’t get ask to leave

It is unfair to be honest, but really lan lan

At first, I was a bit taken aback by this because I thought it was unfair that her father was using his friendship with the CEO to get her a break.

But then I realized that this is often how the world works. People use their connections to get ahead and it’s not always fair.

I felt like it was unfair to the other employees who had to work hard to meet their goals and weren’t given the same opportunity.

Well I guess thats how the world works, and there is nothing much that we can do about it.

One of my army friends who is an insurance agent, approached me during our most recent ICT to buy a savings plan from him, which I rejected.

The whole 5-days inside camp he kept trying to sell me insurance, even when we were having outfield training, he was still trying to psycho me to buy plans from him.

Eventually he gave up trying to sell me, and he moved on to his own platoon and sold a bunch of different insurance plans to them, including whole life insurance, investment linked policies, endowment plans and term plans.

I don’t know what exactly they bought, but he closed more than 30 clients from a few platoons and from his commissions, he made quite a lot.

From my understanding, agents get a commission of about 50% for ILPs and about 45% for whole life insurance plans, and multiplied that the premiums for the first year, he made about 5 figures.

I did some maths, for a basic whole life insurance plan, if the annual premium is $4k, the agent gets $2k for his first year commission.

And I don’t know what kind of plans he sold them, probably those expensive ones since most of them earn quite a lot. And then there are other insurance plans like investment linked policies and whatnot.

All he needs to do is close 25 cases of whole life insurance policies in a year with an annual premium of $4k to be able to earn $50k in his first year, and he easily exceeded that in 5 days – and that’s just me assuming he sold them whole life insurance policies.

I went on his Instagram and saw him flaunting a new $15k Rolex.

I should’ve joined the insurance industry also…

Images source: Singapore Army Facebook (images used for illustration purposes only)