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BOYS NIGHTOUT
Steve, 34 has persuaded Johnny, 33 and Pascal, 33 to
a new food joint near the Prime Minister’s office
that he finds great. It is a Lunch date but he shows up
20 minutes late, raving….
Steve: [Seemingly furious] I don’t know how some
chicks pass interviews to do sensitive jobs.
Pascal: Eh, calm down. What is the matter?
Johnny: First of all you have to specify what kind of interview
your chicks are subjected to. If it is a straight interview,
it may be hard, but if it is a horizontal carpet interview,
any chick can put on the show.
Steve: Honestly, I don‘t know how I would employ some
people in my company. I went to the bank to see a manager
but man the receptionist nearly threw me out.
Pascal: Ah, Oga! That must have been a weight-lifting chick…
Johnny: or was it a man?
Steve: Gwe, I reached there, she threw me one glance and
frowned. I asked her if I could see Sarah and she gave me
another scornful look as if I was bothering her.
Pascal: That is almost what happened to me earlier this
week. I went to an office and the chick just continued flipping
through her papers, making internal phone calls - as if
I had all the time in the world
Johnny: That is what they do. Seems they are trained in
the same school. Anyway, what happened?
Steve: Man I had to get on the phone and call Sarah to tell
her that her gatekeeper would not let me through.
Pascal: That is what I had to do. And the funny thing is
that when you get to the big man or woman, you find them
so polished.
Steve: Exactly! It was the first time I was meeting Sarah
and God she was so nice, so courteous she even held the
door for me to walk into her office. And she had this smile
that when I left my heart was smiling
Johnny: Haaa, now by the time the heart starts smiling….
Steve: No; she was really great.
Pascal: If she is married, someone had better alert her
husband
Steve: Get serious! It was just a business call.
Johnny: Everything starts somewhere!
Pascal: But you see, a receptionist’s job is very
serious but some managers are just keen to plant there a
pretty face whose rudeness and lack of passion for her job
makes her…
Johnny: That is what this Ocici guy of Enterprise Uganda
was saying, that 68 percent of customers leave because they
are poorly treated.
Steve: I think if it wasn’t for Sarah, that receptionist
had given me a bad impression of the bank. But her boss
just charmed me. She is a real professional.
Pascal: Eh, gundi, you said the woman is married; leave
her alone. But also don’t be surprised if you go back
and the chick gives you a warm reception. Sometimes it is
that regular stress. Or her boss may have scolded her just
before you walked in.
Johnny: Stress? You have to manage that if you a front desk
manager. And if your boss has rebuked you for being sloppy,
then you had better make amends by being nice to his customers.
Pascal: Of course sometimes the problem comes when the boss
has a horizontal relationship with the receptionist. She
can even abuse visitors knowing that she is untouchable.
The food is here and it looks great
nightout@ugandaobserver.com
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