Crazy things your boss ask u to do - Singapore

[enterprise2]

Would you bear your boss's traffic offense? 40% of Singapore workers say their bosses have asked them to do tasks unrelated to their main job scopes -- with some requests bordering on the downright absurd.
By: Alythea Ho
You know how it is. You join a new job, all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and eager to prove you're the best person for the job.
Then the Boss asks you to buy a cup of coffee for him. And another. And one day you wake up and realise 'The Boss's Personal Coffee Assistant' has unceremoniously appeared in your job scope.
If it's of any comfort, you're in good company. Nearly 2 in 5 Singapore workers (39%) say they've received requests from their bosses that had nothing to do with their job scope. In addition, 21% of respondents say the requests were downright absurd.
Oddly enough, among those Singapore workers who reported such requests, 64% say they are still satisfied with their bosses.
We've selected ten of the weirdest requests we've received from our respondents. For more strange requests, please head to our full report here .
10 Strangest Requests from Singapore Bosses:
My boss asked me to:
1. Dress up as Batman for a client meeting
2. Swap all my pink office stationery with hers (blue) because she dislikes blue!
3. Wait in my boss's car and look out for traffic police. His car was parked illegally at a double-yellow-line lane
4. Find a dog that does not bark
5. Do homework for my boss's children
6. Bear his traffic offense!
7. Take his shoes to all the cobblers around my office area to compare prices, just because the nearest cobbler charges $13 for mending fees
8. Book a hotel room under my name and credit card, and then lie to my boss's wife when she called the office
9. Draft my boss's appeal letter to LTA for his traffic summon. The letter was well received by the LTA folks, who let my boss off with a stern warning. I was given time-off for it.
10. Get a refund for an item he purchased three years ago!!
So who are the Bosses' favourite 'victims'?

 

[enterprise2]

Heard stories of bosses exploitation. Some bosses who hold multiple spots or even political ones ask their staff (who don't !!) to cover work unrelated to their jobs!! Bosses r paid for their multiple appts or directorships...etc but their staff r not..... the most they can claim is expense reimbursements.

 

[zhihau]

9. Draft my boss's appeal letter to LTA for his traffic summon. The letter was well received by the LTA folks, who let my boss off with a stern warning. I was given time-off for it.

有影无? thought the appeals must be based on circumstances and facts?

 

[Lizzert]

I would ask my subordinate to :
crawl under the desk and eat my ice cream cone

 

[saratogas]

My boss make me attend an event...by Indian Women's Association Singapore yesterday!!!

Super odd one out... All the ladies in saree and mostly Indians... Why a Chinese guy doing there? FREE lunch and a nice chat with Ms Indranee.

 

[jw5]

10 Strangest Requests from Singapore Bosses:
My boss asked me to:
1. Dress up as Batman for a client meeting
2. Swap all my pink office stationery with hers (blue) because she dislikes blue!
3. Wait in my boss's car and look out for traffic police. His car was parked illegally at a double-yellow-line lane
4. Find a dog that does not bark
5. Do homework for my boss's children
6. Bear his traffic offense!
7. Take his shoes to all the cobblers around my office area to compare prices, just because the nearest cobbler charges $13 for mending fees
8. Book a hotel room under my name and credit card, and then lie to my boss's wife when she called the office
9. Draft my boss's appeal letter to LTA for his traffic summon. The letter was well received by the LTA folks, who let my boss off with a stern warning. I was given time-off for it.
10. Get a refund for an item he purchased three years ago!!
So who are the Bosses' favourite 'victims'?

Items 2 and 9 are ok. The rest decline politely.

 

[JeanGrey]

My boss asked me to:
1. Dress up as Batman for a client meeting - i will bring robin along. and maybe batgirl. no, definitely bat girl too. wait wrong universe.

2. Swap all my pink office stationery with hers (blue) because she dislikes blue - get her rose tinted glasses. all will be fine again.

3. Wait in my boss's car and look out for traffic police. His car was parked illegally at a double-yellow-line lane - leave the standard note: on delivery. 10min. pls give chance.

4. Find a dog that does not bark - buy him a cat and tell him, "its a bitch, here's her number." that's what she said at the pet store!

5. Do homework for my boss's children - get my kids to do it. good practice for them. if not, outsource it to someone else's kid.

6. Bear his traffic offense! - take one for the team! but only if on same team.

7. Take his shoes to all the cobblers around my office area to compare prices, just because the nearest cobbler charges $13 for mending fees. - i'll just pay $3 on my own, tell him it was $10, and go for a nice coffee break instead of topo-ing around shenton.

8. Book a hotel room under my name and credit card, and then lie to my boss's wife when she called the office. - "hello? ka salah" then run to toilet when phone rings again, some other kum going will deal with it. if no other kum going, then the boss is the kum gong.

9. Draft my boss's appeal letter to LTA for his traffic summon. The letter was well received by the LTA folks, who let my boss off with a stern warning. I was given time-off for it. - time off only? moron. you should ask him for half the savings he received. 50-50 is the way to go.

10. Get a refund for an item he purchased three years ago! fwah this one die die i must share with you: go and buy the same item, replace the old item in the new box, go back claim warranty, now you have 2 new items for the price of 1!
So who are the Bosses' favourite 'victims'?[/QUOTE]