Introd
Today I start off by giving a short introd as to why the term 'monkey' is used in my stories. Well it is a well-known finance maxim that 'if u pay peanuts, u get monkeys.' I found it very amusing when I first learnt it but only recently began to appreciate its simple yet universal truth.

Well as a temp currently, I am paid only S$6.00 per hr and still have to contribute CPF, food and transport so what I have in the end can only be appropriately termed 'measley', or 'peanuts'. Then the job scope is very routine; dull n boring, mostly manual labour and data-entry. Hence termed 'menial' or 'brainless' or 'zombie' work. It was only recently that I started using the term 'monkey work', inspired after a sms exchange with Krynnder, with us coining the term 'performing monkey work in XYZ zoo'. Why is it a zoo? U might want to ask, well becos of all the wierd n funny personalities u encounter, moreover it is a jungle out there in the working world, where back-stabbing, one-man uppership, chest-beating, survival of the fittess or oscar-winning performances rendered by slackers....etc. it really has been an eye-opener for me. I shall try to present the incidents in chronological order, for some, i was involved, but for others, i am just a spectator, but nevertheless, my short working experience has REALLY been one hell of a rollercoaster ride....

Incident 1: starring Monkey Hell(me) n A
-Background: Monkey Hell had just worked for 3 weeks in ABC co in office 1 but did not interact much with A who was hospitalized. Hence Monkey Hell got along quite well with the rest after proving to be a good but quiet n shy worker. This incident happened in the week that A came back. The co had some cost measures implemented, that perms asked to go off earlier, but monkey hell not told to do so. So A got pretty sore. (it affected their salary as OT cut)

One day while in the same room with the rest of the collegues, including monkey hell, she said out loud, "I dont understand why perms must leave earlier, why dont they ask ahem ahem to leave instead? Not enough work to go around....I'm going to ask Supervisor tom...." But she was hushed up by the rest of the collegues. Monkey hell felt demoralized, 'if got better things to do, u think i want to snatch your measley ricebowl meh?' she thought. She was fuming also at this betrayal and outright unfair remark for the work that she has done, mostly with best efforts even if she did not enjoyed the work. Later....nearing lunchtime, a nice collegue came up to monkey hell, n tried to console her saying that A did not meant what she said, (so i guess all the collegues present knew n heard what A said so bluntly), how A was a direct person who speaks her mind. (But it was stilll a damming statement). Later monkey hell consulted agent on solution to this problem, n was told to ignore A. (that didnt stop me from labelling A a bitch)

Well as Heaven is really fair, later A was infuriated the Supervisor by questioning the temp job as well as some other perm issues, that the supervisor later held a meeting the next day to clarify certain issues (but no temp issue came up), When he asked if anyone wanted to clarify anything else more, no one esp A spoke up. So case closed. But from then on A had a condemming attitude towards monkey hell n does not mince her words. (more in future incidents)

The Lesson learnt: if encounter such bitches, do not be unduely affected by their thoughtless remarks. Anger generated by them if directed towards proper means can help one achieve even greater success. And not blowing up the issue and by ignoring (be viewed as the victim) is sometimes the best way for the issue to die down. Which when it does, only serve to enhance your standing and embarass the tormentor.