Tuesday, November 3, 2009
FIRE HAZARD GLADE PLUGINS SCENTED GEL - Glade® PlugIns® FRAGRANCE
Received from a friend who is in the insurance property business. It is well worth reading.
This is one of those e-mails that if you don't send it, rest assured someone on your list will suffer for not reading it. The original message was written by a lady whose brother and wife learned a hard lesson this past week.
Their house burnt down.. nothing left but ashes. They have good insurance so the house will be replaced and most of the contents. That is the good news.
However, they were sick when they found out the cause of the fire. The insurance investigator sifted through the ashes for several hours. He had the cause of the fire traced to the master bathroom. He asked her sister-in-law what she had plugged in the bathroom. She listed the normal things....curling iron, blow dryer.
He kept saying to her, 'No, this would be something that would disintegrate at high temperatures'. Then her sister-in-law remembered she had a Glade Plug-In , in the bathroom.
The investigator had one of those 'Aha' moments. He said that was the cause of the fire. He said he has seen more house fires started with the plug-in type room fresheners than anything else. He said the plastic they are made from is THIN. He also said that in every case there was nothing left to prove that it even existed. When the investigator looked in the wall plug, the two prongs left from the plug-in were still in there.
Her sister-in-law had one of the plug-ins that had a small night light built in it. She said she had noticed that the light would dim and then finally go out. She would walk in to the bathroom a few hours later, and the light would be back on again. The investigator said that the unit was getting too hot, and would dim and go out rather than just blow the light bulb . Once it cooled down it would come back on. That is a warning sign!
The investigator said he personally wouldn't have any type of plug in fragrance device anywhere in his house. He has seen too many places that have been burned down due to them.
PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO ALL THE
PEOPLE IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK.
NOT ONLY COULD IT SAVE SOMEONE'S HOUSE,
BUT IT COULD SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE
Monday, October 12, 2009
Beware! Latest Internet Con trick in Malaysia
Can't authenticate this...but it comes across as plausible. Good to be aware.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Malaysia PLUS Highway Toll Gate Operator SCAM
I had to go to some place in Desa Pandan yesterday afternoon.
Of course the road that I used was Kesas highway.
The story I'm about to tell started upon reaching the Toll Gate near Awan Besar.
It happened after I handed to theToll Operator my payment for using that expensive highway - RM 2.20.
Me : "Resit, pliz..."
Toll Operator : "Err, bang, resit takde la..."
Me : "Mcm mana boleh takde pulak...?"
Toll Operator : "Erm, saya TERTEKAN kelas 4.... harga dia lain..."
Me : "Kelas 4???".... (sambil tercari-cari where I could find any clue about Kelas 4...)
Ah, there it is, just right in front of me...
All of the sudden,
Toll Operator : "Bang, nah amik la... saya bagi 'change'" (handing me RM1.10)
Me : (automatically accept the notes with blank expression, shut my window close and bye-bye)
At first, I said to myself, "Hey, at least I pay half, itu sudah Untung..."
Until I realize the actual plot done by the Toll Operator... Damn it, I forgot his name from the name tag!!!
Like what old folk said - Selagi tak kena batang hidung sendiri, selagi itu kita tak sedar.
Now I know that there is some basis of a few allegation towards the Toll Operator.
Even one of my friend refuse to work as Toll Operator due to this sinister plot.
Apparently, most of them vowed not to disclose this wrongdoing to other
people and unanimously doing it without any guilt.
So how much do the Toll Operator actually earn from this broad day light robbery in
their own employer's premises. Let say that every time the Class 1, 2 and 3 pass
through the gate and the Operator press the Class 4 for Taxis...
One Car - Class 1 - Loss - $1.10
One Lorry - Class 2 - Loss -$ 2.20
One Lorry - Class 3 - Loss - $3.30
If the Operator manage to get 100 vehicle for every class in a period of 8 working hours a day.
Class 1 $1.10 x 100 = $110
Class 2 $2.20 x 100 = $220
Class 3 $3.30 x 100 = $330
Total = $660.00 per day!
Assuming he/she work for 5 days a week or 22 days a month.
Total = RM 14,520.00 per month
Not including his/her own monthly salary....
Wow!! that's more than 3 times fold of normal engineer's salary.
And that's only for one operator... how about other operators that did the same thing?!
The above calculation may vary for different lanes. I bet that the one who works in
Lorry Lane may be doing this and have joyous time for sucking hundreds everyday from
this system. Those who stay in normal car lane, might be getting less as he/she can
only deduct from Class1 to Class 4 only.
All the above is just my say. My pre-assumption. Not base on actual, except from
yesterday short experience. We heard a lot that some make money being toll operator
and lived luxuriously, but some suffer due to low wages.
Nevertheless, Kesas was known years ago for having bribery scandal involving the
Petrol Station operator. Those days, for example, there are only BP and Caltex near
Awan Besar dan Awan Kecil. Now there are Petronas and Shell some more. Yes, the
culprit were charged with Bribery, only that he was caught red-handed with concrete
proof. How about others??? for instance the toll operator
Government had to pay the toll company for the toll hike although the toll
company keep on making profit.
21. Samy announced in September 2006 that the government paid compensation
amounting to RM38.5 billion to 20 highway companies. A RM380 million windfall for
9 toll concessionaires earned solely from the toll hikes in 2008 alone;
Taken from anonymous from forwarded email...
I wonder, if the Toll Company are really "TELUS" in their operation and maintenance cost,
while the operator are honest in doing their duty, how much million can be saved and
enjoyed by toll company in term of PROFIT.
If the projection is high, there is no need for Government to spend more on subsidy or
compensation towards the Toll Company.
If the profit is enough to cover the company's interest, then also, there is no need to
increase the toll price anymore....
If just the Toll company can setup a system to prevent their toll operator to manipulate
the "classing" system for their own personal benefit.. then the toll company can benefit
better from toll collection.
I myself are so disgusted with certain TOLL OPERATOR.
As for the readers, please do your part in preventing this to happen. By hook or by crook,
we had to use highways. At least the money we spent for the services, goes to the
maintenance and operation of the highways... not to the selfish operators!
What say you????
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Important Notice to All Members of Legend Worldwide Holidays
RESALE COMPANIES
The Management of Legend Worldwide Holidays would like to advice members on the reemergence of timeshare resale companies. These resale companies will offer to resell your memberships with false promises of High Return Investments or offer to pay the monthly installments of members.
In the past 2 years, due to the efforts of the authorities in curbing these activities of the resale companies, there was a slowdown in their activities. However, recently they have resumed their operations under different company names.
Members are advised that Legend Worldwide Holidays did not appoint any agency / third party company to act on behalf of the Company in these reselling activities with any kind of promises.
Members are advised to be extremely careful if they receive any such offers. The Management will not be liable for any liabilities or losses arising from members accepting or entering into such contracts with these resale companies.
Thank you.
The Management
Legend Worldwide Holidays Berhad
Monday, August 3, 2009
Happyyyyyyyyyyyyy Birthday to u!!!
Monday, July 13, 2009
Dealing with Rude People
Some tips on dealing with Rude People, try and adapt it if possible.
- Diversion – While nothing can be done for a rude family member, or a childhood friend, you can always think of more pleasant thoughts to divert your mind from the annoyance. It is not foolproof, but it will help your blood pressure to ease up a bit.
- Count to ten – This trick helps much when you are getting angry, but as I have discovered, it can also help get you out of trouble. Saving your breath from issuing a scathing remark can save relationships and reputations in the process. If you are anything like me, rude people can easily be your source of anger. Ergo, 1… 2… 3…10.
- Non-rude counters – When people come up to you and say “Oh, my! You are as big as a cow/pig/HOUSE”, rather than take the person’s stinging words to heart, you can always counter or reply in a way that would stop the person from further commenting. For example, for the statement above, I have this readied reply which goes like, “Really?! It’s a sign of progress.” Then maybe top it off with a wink.
- Imagination overload – This tip is one of my favorites. It allows you to do as you please with the rude person – only you have to do it in your mind. Go as extreme as you want and imagine. Say for example, somebody says you are just a failure, then you can imagine a thousand 10-ton granite boulders to fall on that person’s head – or whatever your heart desires.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
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