We do everything
They say social workers in Singapore are bao sua bao hai (take the mountain, take the sea), meaning we do everything imaginable under the sun.
I thought that after 1 year, I would've known just exactly what social workers have to cover in their job scope.
I was wrong. DEAD WRONG.
And so today I visited a client of mine who has some leg problems. He left the main door open while I took a look at his room. The dog in the house was damn excited to see a nice plump man in the house, and he kept jumping on me.
I don't really like dogs. I never really know what they are trying to do. And I am scared they might just jump up at the right/ wrong place and scratch the right/ wrong part of my male human anatomy. Damn scared. And so I was half-trying to ask some questions about living arrangements and half screaming in my head "my ballllllllllllllllllssssssss!!!!!! don't go near themmmmmmmmmm!!!!!"
And then my client decided to be nice and took a newspaper to shoo the dog away. And lo and behold, the dog ran out of the door that he left open.
"F***" went the voice in my head.
My client can't run and so, in that second, Liren the social worker took another job scope: dog-catcher. I raced down the stairs as fast as my messenger bag, socked feet and plump body would bring me. Thankfully doggie was happy to see his new friend, and ran back to me. I clapped the air a couple of times to make him follow me and he did momentarily, for just one flight of stairs. And then he decided to run back down again.
DAMN.
I ran down, heard some voices helping me to shout at the dog to stop. 'Could you help me grab himmmmmmm?' my voice trailed away as I realised saw that the lady was Malay.. she's not gonna grab the dog for me..
I ran again until he stopped at one stair panting, wagging its tail at me and giving me its lil cheeky grin. I shall not type out what words ran through my mind. I grabbed it by its body and brought it back to its house and proceeded to take my leave. "Bye. I'll call you again tomorrow.."
Phew. I know companies are trying hard to make exercise and healthy lifestyles a part of work. I just didn't think it would be done this way.
And damn. We really do everything.
I thought that after 1 year, I would've known just exactly what social workers have to cover in their job scope.
I was wrong. DEAD WRONG.
And so today I visited a client of mine who has some leg problems. He left the main door open while I took a look at his room. The dog in the house was damn excited to see a nice plump man in the house, and he kept jumping on me.
I don't really like dogs. I never really know what they are trying to do. And I am scared they might just jump up at the right/ wrong place and scratch the right/ wrong part of my male human anatomy. Damn scared. And so I was half-trying to ask some questions about living arrangements and half screaming in my head "my ballllllllllllllllllssssssss!!!!!! don't go near themmmmmmmmmm!!!!!"
And then my client decided to be nice and took a newspaper to shoo the dog away. And lo and behold, the dog ran out of the door that he left open.
"F***" went the voice in my head.
My client can't run and so, in that second, Liren the social worker took another job scope: dog-catcher. I raced down the stairs as fast as my messenger bag, socked feet and plump body would bring me. Thankfully doggie was happy to see his new friend, and ran back to me. I clapped the air a couple of times to make him follow me and he did momentarily, for just one flight of stairs. And then he decided to run back down again.
DAMN.
I ran down, heard some voices helping me to shout at the dog to stop. 'Could you help me grab himmmmmmm?' my voice trailed away as I realised saw that the lady was Malay.. she's not gonna grab the dog for me..
I ran again until he stopped at one stair panting, wagging its tail at me and giving me its lil cheeky grin. I shall not type out what words ran through my mind. I grabbed it by its body and brought it back to its house and proceeded to take my leave. "Bye. I'll call you again tomorrow.."
Phew. I know companies are trying hard to make exercise and healthy lifestyles a part of work. I just didn't think it would be done this way.
And damn. We really do everything.
This post made me laugh! I'm sure it is one precious memory U'ld have, not one U'll want a repeat of though!