Inconvenience

The door to my office had some gremlins in its security access system this morning. So two female employees on the same work floor as I had to make a detour via a much longer route to get to our cubicles.

One of the ladies in true typical Singaporean fashion, had felt the urge to complain about this little inconvenience. This prompted an exchange between her and the office manager when they met just after she back to her cubicle. The exchange was actually in mandarin.

Lady: XX, it is very inconvenient to have the door like this.
Office Manager: Yes. It is very inconvenient.
Lady: It is very inconvenient.
Office Manager: Yes. It is very inconvenient.
Lady: You mean it was already spoilt when you came in?
Office Manager: It was already spoilt yesterday evening.

The Singapore Thrust and Parry. :)