Alonso's standard reply

Alonso is always Alonso.. Alonso always *assumed* what he/she did is CORRECT, what is WRONG?there will always no "wrong" in their world. If you have any problem and need to check with Alonso, their general responses (and the sequence) will be:
1. NO! you didnt test it right,
2. Cannot be, it is correct just now,
3. You didnt go through Step1 (I did)
4. Like that, you didnt go through Step2 (I did)
5. Then, it means your codes got problem, you delete it and run again (I did too)
6. Like that ah... let me see, get back to you later. Please GIVE me time.

So the "get back to you later" will probably take more than 1 day. hahaa... and the way of "Please GIVE me time" was as if I want things to be done immediately. come on la... how can we ASSUME Alonso can get things done in a few hours time? They are not up to the standarda anyway, and they are so busy, how to get things done fast?

Signs of moving on

Sometime or most of the time, it is quite obvious when colleagues at work is planning or have plans to move on to another job. Here are some common signs to look out for:-

1. Sudden surge in emergency leave, sick leave, annual leave, etc...
2. Increase in phone calls received and each call has to be answered outside office premise.
3. Uses the printer more often and usually will be standing by the printer to wait for the print-out
4. Dressed up more smartly on certain day and will clock out on the dot on those days.
5. Dilligent in learning and brushing up skills. (Note: Skills that are not relevant to current job scope.)

Good to be Alonso

Alonso was given a new task. For some people this might not be something out of the ordinary because "ordinary" people completes few tasks a day. We are talking about Alonso here, so a new task, any task big or small will eventually end up "extra-ordinary".

For those who had first-hand experience of working with Alonso, they had little or no expectation. When the job is done, if it was a total screw-up, people tend to be very forgiving towards Alonso because it was expected of him. In rare cases when the task is completed, Alonso receives the much awaited words of compliments on the job done.

So, it was good being Alonso because:-

1. Alonso never had to live up to anyone's expectation. (because no one expects anything from Alonso)
2. Alonso never gets leave behind. (because he is always the first one to leave on any given day)
3. Any job done by Alonso is a good job regardless of how shoddy it is. (because it was less of a hassle to redo the job than explaining to Alonso on how to get it done properly)