Everybody Lies!

If you're fond of watching DVD's (di na uso ang tv series) then you'll automatically know where I got this line from. For the DVD challenged I have no choice but to enlighten you. The line came from Dr. House, the super-smarcastic, out of this world brilliant doctor and I won't explain it anymore just watch it. Make sure you're not doing anything else when you do so coz it requires concentration and acute hearing so you can appreciate the whole episode.

Why does everybody lie? Well, I'll take a very simple example. Who in the call center industry has never lied about their salaries? If you're not from this industry you might not be interested in reading this blog although I will get to the relationships part in a bit and that might interest you. After my two month vacation my housemate's and I have tried to apply in countless call centers and have tried to get the best offer possible. We've gone to...and I don't even know where to start! Ok...let me see (and these were the information given to us by friends who have either work or have worked there) ...

...guess what? I already started writing down the companies we went to and the supposed "salaries" our friends were given there but I thought that I might get in serious trouble for disclosing those type of information so I just erased it. Sorry.

What I'm gonna do, on the other hand, is list down the companies that we actually went to (and ofcourse give my snide comments--hehe):

ACQUIRE ASIA (maybe we were just unlucky with the trainer what with her "putted it there", "very easy to you", and such statements. Ugh!)

ADVANCED CONTACT SOLUTIONS (I could not help but say it can get quite substandard there)

ASCEND (How do you sell a mousetrap to a mouse? My good friend, Karl Medina, told me that he would've answered the interviewer with a question: How can I sell a mousetrap to a mouse if the mouse couldn't understand me in the first place? The mouse would just be like, "Squeak! Squeak!" and you can just imagine the Karl Medina impersonation of that. Priceless! hahahaha...peace Karl)

CONVERGYS (we didn't apply but a friend who works there claims to get paid this much and ofcourse we know better. But if you're looking for stunted career growth and bragging rights for working in the biggest call center in the country then this is the place for you)

PEOPLESUPPORT (we've all been there and if you want to work in a company that seems content on running itself to the ground then you are most welcome to apply =)

APAC (ask Buddy)

LOGICALL -- Oh my gosh! I almost forgot you! How can we ever forget the, "...you will be receiving a call from Helen before the WEEKS ends, that is IF I pass you." Wahahaha...
NOTE TO FUTURE or PRESENT TRAINERS: If you want to power trip please make sure that when you use the English language to indulge in your futile attempts at intimidating applicants do us a favor, will you? USE IT RIGHT!

...and so our quest ends there. Right now I'm at 24/7 and they are at JPMorgan Chase and I guess we're all quite happy with our current financial situations *wink*.

But wait? There's more! I'm not quite done yet with this blog. I have to write about lying in relationships. Tsk, tsk, tsk...big no, no. Men listen in. You are the ones who do that the most anyway.

I have had like 3 friends in the past month who went through bad break-ups because their partners wanted to be single period. Statistically, that seems to be the "in" reason these days. The catch? These people didn't actually want to become single and enjoy their independence. Unless ofcourse they said they wanted to be single for just A WEEK then get into a relationship with someone else. That's bullcrap.

Why can't you people just be honest with your partners! You imbeciles! It's one thing when someone asks you how they look and even if you think they look like Miss Piggy you say, "Oh you look fabuloush" instead; it's another if you're partner asks you why you want to break up with them and you give them that excuse. I think they deserve better and know the truth, don't you?

I'm not saying don't lie. All I'm saying is don't get caught. You owe them that much. Everybody lies anyway.