http://forum.lowyat.net/ Wed, 10 Jun 2026 19:59:23 +0800 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5182916 Since many of us are WFH, we hardly get the chance to bump into people at the pantry and have a 5min random chat or interaction with another human being. As such, I&#39;m aiming for this thread to be a general chat kind of thing. No agenda, no specific topics, no judgements, jokes are accepted but minimize trolling please. If there are similar active threads already, let me know and I will close this.<br /><br />Recently feeling very blue. Work issues, personal issues, and on top seeing news of that the whole COVID situation causing people to lose their jobs, some go hungry etc. Spoke to friends but they themselves have lots going on in their lives. Spoke to family but they can&#39;t understand and probably think I&#39;m weak. Feels like not many people I personally know would understand the kind of stress one can face in life <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo--> . At the same time, I know there are many others who are in a worse position compared to me, so I should count my blessings also. <br /><br />How&#39;s everyone else doing? Anything interesting going on in your lives?<br /><br />_________________________________________________________________<br /><br /><!--QuoteBegin-EatSleepWork+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(EatSleepWork)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin--><br />Recently it seems like my boss keeps asking me to do random tasks such as sending/drafting emails for him, meet with stakeholders in his place, etc. The worst one is that he asked me to manage his team (i.e. my teammates). He tells me this behind close doors cause he doesn&#39;t want others to know that he is pawning his work off to me. This in turn puts me in a difficult position with my peers because I start watching over their work, dictating their tasks (and having to answer to my boss if their work is not up to par or late), manage their leave requests etc and they do not even know I was asked to do all these so they probably think I&#39;m trying to be a taikor/act smart.<br /><br />Doing all those crap eats away a lot of my time from my own daily work and I find that I need to work even later to finish my own work. Not to mention that I am planning on starting a side business so I wanted to dedicate time after office hours to do that.<br /><br />I feel like raising this to him but knowing him it is a suicidal move as there would be repercussions. I can suck it up but not sure how long I can continue like this. What would you guys do in this situation?<br /><br />[right][snapback]102084495[/snapback][/right]<br /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--> EatSleepWork Serious Kopitiam Mon, 16 Aug 2021 15:21:14 +0800 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4520473 So recently got with a girl for a couple of months, but in these past 6 months, she hasn&#39;t taken out a single Sen&#33;<br /><br />We&#39;re both working, but I earn more than her so she expects me to pay everything - dates, meals, movies, etc. Usually when I meet girls like these I will dump them faster than they can say &quot;thank you&quot;.<br /><br />Recently there was a long weekend so we went out everyday.. In 4 days I calculated I spent close to RM2k. Which I feel is quite a lot even though we didn&#39;t even shop. It&#39;s mostly all on food. On the other hand if you calculate RM500 per day for 3 meals, movies, Jalan-jalan etc, it doesn&#39;t seem that much but when accumulated its not that little either. <br /><br />I like this girl but I&#39;m just thinking long-term.. Shouldn&#39;t both contribute in a relationship? It&#39;s not like I expect her to pay her own share but it&#39;s more like the nonchalant attitude or the &#39;guys supposed to pay&#39; mindset that irks me. Also it&#39;s not like she&#39;s dead poor and she has taste for the nicer things in life. E.g. No mamak, no hawker, no fast food - only malls, restaurants, fine dining.<br /><br />And recently she&#39;s been dropping hints of wanting to go on holiday, which I assume she expects me to foot the bill for as well. I have been avoiding this as I feel it&#39;s a little one-sided/she&#39;s with me for my money. <br /><br />I don&#39;t know. I&#39;m just judging based on my parents relationship where both contributes to the finances of the family. For example when we eat out some meals my dad pays, sometimes my mom takes care of it etc. <br /><br />What are your thoughts on this? Should a guy be responsible for the financial parts of the relationship because it&#39;s considered chivalrous? EatSleepWork Cupid&#39;s Corner Thu, 08 Feb 2018 17:39:08 +0800