Mango series 5A

I am lucky to be offered a job after three gruelling weeks of job hunting.

It is a simple job in a town council in the central part of Singapore. The manager is a good-tempered lady. She oftens has meetings or appointments overseas, so up to now, I have only seen her once, during the job interview.

I learn that there are three main departments, namely finance, admin, and property police. I will explain one by one in the next three paragraphs.

FINANCE:
A boring department consisting of good-natured people. They do their work diligently and follow the guidelines religiously. No matter how hardworking these people are, they cannot finish their work because one pile of papers will come after one another like the automated machine in a factory never stops working.

ADMIN:
A complete word for it is administrative. Administrative officers deal with a lot (really a lot) of paperworks. What differentiates them from finance is the contents on the papers. They face words, while their counterparts face numbers. There are three big photocopy machines in the middle of the admin room. However, one is spoiled, and the other one is an old model which produces loud terrible noise when used. So there only left one machine in good working condition.

PROPERTY POLICE:
All the staff in the other two departments are females, but this department consists of male officers. These guys have muscular arms. They are ordered to show stern expressions when on duty. Their task is to check every building and warn people who do not abide by the law on living together harmoniously in a building (most people in Singapore stay in HDB flats, that means they have to tolerate the nuisance coming from next door). That is why the town council employs men because women are easy to bully.

Out of the three departments, the last one has the most fun and enjoyment a working world can offer. Everyday is a brand new day, with brand new experience. They go to new places, meet new faces,and find new offenses. I think that what a working world should be.