Where is the Farts Engineering Department?
May 18, 2006I believe that companies ought to screen people who communicate directly to external parties. These people should be able to make the company proud - impress people.
When I went to Singapore last time, I was with a Thai colleague who asked how come Filipinos are good in English. Compared to the some countries in Asia, Filipinos are known to be able to converse in English as if it were our native tongue. I told him that perhaps it is because it is our second language. Unlike Thai, Japanese or Chinese, the Tagalog dialect have limited vocabulary. There is no direct translation of the term Computer in Tagalog. I remember, during the FILIRET course in college, we were taught the new Filipino - Computer is called Kompyuter. Our alphabet is adapted from the English alphabet as well. I don't know the real legit reason for our being good in English, but this is just from my own pov. It's easy to recognize English words, coming from a background with similar characters.
Going back, one of the things that companies should screen is the English competency. I think it's fine that we have different intonations and pronounciations. But working in a multinational company with people from different countries coming to visit, don't you jus tthink that it's proper that the person who can be heard across the plant can pronounce clearly and correctly?
A few minutes ago, the voice announced that visitors from another company would arrive today for a business meeting.
"Good morning. We are pleased to announced that very important guests, Mr. A1, Frocurement department, and Mr. A2, Farts Engineering Department, will visit our manufacturing area today at 9am. Flese welcome them with your warm greetings, and maintain 5S in your work areas, maintaining good quality in our froducts and our service will promote a good imfression in their visit. Thank you and have a nice day."
No doubt she's a female, with a lot of F's to spare. The voice spoke the same statement twice. Thank you, Ms. Voice, whoever you are. You just made quite an impression. Who ever Mr. A2 is, I am sure that I would not be applying for his department. Do they wear gas masks in the Farts Engineering Department?
