made mistake

i just went to collect my cash from my company.

i worked as a promoter and organizer for an event back in a month ago,
it was the HSBC Amanah openning ceermony of the new branch in Ampang, Kuala Lumpur.
there were lots of events and i was in charged of the 'kids' coloring contest', and, i made mistake.

the kids color contest had two groups, aged 5-7 where kids need to color a picture drawn with HSBC logo and the bulding. age 8-12 will be drawing about your ambition...
rules and regulations, as usual like we all knew,
those parents who worked within HSBC groups shall not be entering the contest.

and, like all the events, lots people came in and out for the free food, free goodie bags, and free consultation of new banking loan scheme from HSBC. lots kids approached me for the coloring and for courtesy wise, i had to give everybody a chance, even those kids who under the age of 5, some parents asked me to just give their kids the color paper and just made the kids sat down while the parents had time to enjoy the free food and fee consultation.
too much kids, and i accidentally mixed up the names!... oops.

apparently it wasn't a big matter as we already knew who would win the contest, the competition was very obvious and results were actually could be announced on the spot. but we did not do that, as HSBC manager said he would utterly delighted to take a look of the pieces of artworks. and there was a kid who requested the reason why she wasn't win anything, even the consolation prize. upon checking the artwork, she complained that was not her piece! oh my god, my boss rang me in the middle of my tutorial in class and asked me about this matter. i stucked.
this involved the parents of this little girl and what a coincident the mother is working as a teller in HSBC in another branch. {thank God}, so my boss told the parents the artwork of her daughter was invalid as the rules were clearly written. and then the parents complained why we still give the daughter a chance to enter the competition since her work would be invalid.. and i explained..

i quickly rushed back to office after my tutorial class and searched for the littler girl's work. luckily i remember because, significantly she drew that her ambition is to be a teller in HSBC, with a big HSBC logo in the uniform on the subject she drew.

we gave the artwork back to the parents and apologized for the 'not winning'
apparently the parents were pissed that her daughter did not won anything. but to be honest, her artwork was not that great as the parents expected.

whereas the HSBC manager did not comment anything on this matter,

he said, the kids contest was just a way to attract the adults presence for the opening...

phew, my hands were shaking when i wrote this. thank you my Almighty God that i found her piece of work which the parents got zipped. :)

to be continued...


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