Little Space: When work gets tough, I turn to....

When work gets tough, I turn to....

My baby, he is always there for me ( most of the times), supporting me, listening to my whinge and be my punching bag :)

My home sweet home, my comfortable bed, my computer, my 500 play list songs.

My Chinese TVB series, that will keep me entertained, and not think of work at all!

My blog, where I can blog and complain how unhappy I am, and no one will tell you to shut up.

My GUCCI shoes! I try them on when I am unhappy to let myself know all my hard work and stress is worth it.

The reason why work has been a bitch for these 2 weeks, because of sale pack up and new staff training happening at the same time. A new staff joined Gucci last week, her name is Melissa, I have been training her from scratch and now I am sick, my cough is still going on for nearly a week. It's tiring to train new people, especially when it needs so much energy and enthusiasm within yourself, and having that one person to understand is not easy. I have always like training, and now given the chance, I feel like saying, I am not doing it at anymore. It's harder than it seems :(

Sometimes, in my work place, I feel Asians are always picked on, are pushed around, and the Aussies get away and are always given the leniency. Why is this so? Am I sensitive? This what I have been feeling for the past 2 weeks. When I first started in Gucci, I had to listen to what others say, never say NO or I DON'T KNOW, I was not given a choice to do what I wanted to, and I never whinge. However, Melissa gets good treatments, she is given a choice to do what she wants, is it because she is tiny and fragile, of she is from a wealthy family or because the Aussies are always the favourable? Today, I have tried to talk to her, and not to discriminate her with my thoughts, she is friendly but at the same time, she is smarter than all of us think, but one thing I know for sure, she is lazy. Enough of work, the stories can never end!

Recently, I have find the government pretty useless in Australia, I honestly don't like this country in terms of all its policies, I don't feel I am protected in all ways. The Workplace Relation Agreement tells us we can stand up for ourselves , and have the rights to tell the employer off if the rules are not followed, IE: lunch breaks, pay salary, hours of work, etc. I had the notice stuck on my locker, but at the same time what can I do tell Gucci we should be given at least 45 minutes break? It says we can't be sacked if the employer breaks the rules, and we can file for a complaint. Is it worth doing it and lose my job? It doesn't make sense, when the government encourages us to do it, but yet I don't see any protection and given in a way. My sister works in Subway at the moment, and she is being exploited, and worst of all she doesn't know her rights, she does not get paid for the extra hour they made her stay back, giving excuses she has to finish her tasks, BULLSHIT! She does not have a payslip for the hours she works, she is underpay for her age, and this is has really make me mad, and the only thing we can do is file a complain, but only when she quits! What does it matter then? If she was to stand up for herself, and file a complain, she will lose her job, but yet the government said, she can't be sack! At the end, who is going to protect her? I find this contradicting, and I hate these people taking advantage because we are overseas residents, or because we are Asians!

Last Saturday, Billy's cousins sister's friend was sexually harassed at a bus stop, while waiting for the bus. An Aussie man came out of no where, pretend he was checking the timetable, and then slap her buttock, and left running away. What an idiot and pervert he is! She was shocked and upset, and yet didn't know what to do, and she was afraid to report to the police, afraid her parents might find out. This is so ridiculous! Discrimination and sexual harassment, advertised everywhere, government supporting us in a way, but at the end of the day, I don't see how is this happening. I am so disappointed with this country. I thought it will be a safe one as compared to my home country, but I guess everywhere is the same, is the people that have problems.

Tomorrow my day off, I need a good rest. I would like to share my Gucci collection shoes, one of the things I turn to, when I feel stress with work, or unhappy with life, I cherished them like my babies :)