silly silly me

in my line of work, i deal with all types of people.
but i m most wary of the overfriendly type.
for two reasons;

1) they would sound friendly at first then suddenly WHAM! they go ballistic!
2) they are trying their luck hitting on u, eventhough just for a few minutes.
*flattering but makes me very uncomfortable*

but today was a different story.
i had verbal diarrhoea & i was sooooo humiliated.

here's how the story goes;
a guy called to make a report on a faulty line, on behalf of a friend.
he fit the overfriendly person profile so i started to brace myself.
*while at the same time, a little dazed & my mind was around somewhere*
i did like i always do, take down the faulty number, owner name, type of faulty yada yada..
then, in the middle of conversation he stopped me by asking,

"Yang bercakap ni Cik Nieza ke Puan Nieza? Saya asyik panggil Cik je dari tadi."

with much confidence & without hesitation i answered,

"Puan, Encik."

then it hit me. WHAT DID I JUST SAY?
*i am obviously a CIK so what was i thinking?*

when i tried to clear up the air, it was too late.
cat got my tongue when he replied,

"Puan rupanya, ingatkan Cik tadi. Suara macam anak dara je."

*coz i am. haha..*

i let him amused himself throughout the short conversation (i was amused myself) but i didn't reach the humiliation check point just yet.
not until i turned to my right & saw my officemate with a huge grin on her face.

she had been listening in to my every word!
and was having a great time laughing when she muttered,

"Sejak bila kitak jadi Puan? Baruk malam tadik ka? Konpiden ada jak bunyi nyawab customer."

with that remark, i wish i could bury my head deep enough in the sand like an ostrich does.

moral of the story: daydreaming while at work? BAD IDEA. daydreaming while talking to an overfriendly customer? BIG NO NO.

footnote: i so wanna earn that title. lanji dah tok. ;)