Gnoikj Neutral Newbie February 23, 2009 Share February 23, 2009 This is damn funny....I don't have the full article online but i read the print edition... Link to ST Nuisance Calls There was a guy who called to say "My baby needs loud music then can sleep. My neighbour complain say she will call police..I tell her call lah.. " Wah pianz... Loud music to sleep? ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kusje Supersonic February 23, 2009 Share February 23, 2009 BURIED under several floors of concrete in an undisclosed location is a cold room accessible only after many layers of security checks. Wired up with screens, computers and telephones, this is where all 999 emergency calls are routed to. And it is where the police get wind of any outbreak of misdeeds across the island. It is where their ears are. Sitting hunched over one of the bright consoles in the low-ceilinged Combined Operations Room one recent morning was Staff Sergeant Norlaila Yunos, 33. It was after 8am and she had started her shift just moments before. She threw on a jacket to beat the room's Arctic temperature, positioned a black set of Sennheiser headphones on her head and gave the volume on the headset a tweak. Write about call center also so WAYANG. I have no clue how they can write about such a lowly skilled job like it is some glamorous thing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stary Turbocharged February 23, 2009 Share February 23, 2009 BURIED under several floors of concrete in an undisclosed location is a cold room accessible only after many layers of security checks. Wired up with screens, computers and telephones, this is where all 999 emergency calls are routed to. And it is where the police get wind of any outbreak of misdeeds across the island. It is where their ears are. Sitting hunched over one of the bright consoles in the low-ceilinged Combined Operations Room one recent morning was Staff Sergeant Norlaila Yunos, 33. It was after 8am and she had started her shift just moments before. She threw on a jacket to beat the room's Arctic temperature, positioned a black set of Sennheiser headphones on her head and gave the volume on the headset a tweak. Write about call center also so WAYANG. I have no clue how they can write about such a lowly skilled job like it is some glamorous thing. why must it be a cold room? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watwheels Supersonic February 23, 2009 Share February 23, 2009 Cos it's underground and all four walls are concrete? But it's funny how ppl treat the emergency number as an information bureau, asking numbers of buildings, hotels and such. For those prank calls I suspect it's done by children. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shull Turbocharged February 23, 2009 Share February 23, 2009 why must it be a cold room? the rows and rows of computers there generate hell lot of heat you know..and usually call centre will double up as disaster management centre in the event of an attack(both conventional and unconventional) and they need to continue function no matter what goes on up on the surface. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnoikj Neutral Newbie February 23, 2009 Author Share February 23, 2009 Oh I don't know. Its got to be one of the worst job in the world...listening to people whine all day... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shull Turbocharged February 23, 2009 Share February 23, 2009 Oh I don't know. Its got to be one of the worst job in the world...listening to people whine all day... i wonder can the call centre peeps handle dialect? what if some old folks call in and can only speak in hokkien/canto/teochew etc etc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnoikj Neutral Newbie February 23, 2009 Author Share February 23, 2009 Dunno..maybe they hire linguists? More language know, more $$$? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie47 1st Gear February 23, 2009 Share February 23, 2009 Got language skills, definitely. More pay. Guess which department likes people with linguistic skills? CIA. Ooops! Not our country. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pureliner Neutral Newbie February 23, 2009 Share February 23, 2009 oops then which country? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnoikj Neutral Newbie February 24, 2009 Author Share February 24, 2009 I know Mandarin, Hokkien, Cantonese, Hakka, English....U think I'll be in hot demand over there? 5 language leh! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toapayohkid 1st Gear February 24, 2009 Share February 24, 2009 I know Mandarin, Hokkien, Cantonese, Hakka, English....U think I'll be in hot demand over there? 5 language leh! lol since you so in demand, they make you work 18 hrs shift every day! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shull Turbocharged February 24, 2009 Share February 24, 2009 I know Mandarin, Hokkien, Cantonese, Hakka, English....U think I'll be in hot demand over there? 5 language leh! but you dunno malay and tamil..must be multiracial leh.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnoikj Neutral Newbie February 24, 2009 Author Share February 24, 2009 wah lau..if i know both Malay and tamil, I'll be rich liao...can work as interpreter for so many big firms... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shull Turbocharged February 24, 2009 Share February 24, 2009 wah lau..if i know both Malay and tamil, I'll be rich liao...can work as interpreter for so many big firms... you got lobang boh? i know malay and chinese ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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