Ever wondered why we are never satisfied with wad we have? and that why some people are just not grateful of the help rendered by others? heard frm my mum that my aunt's husband is having disputes with my uncle due to payroll issues. I remember that during the economic downturn in 2000 and 2001, my uncle-in-law lost his job. so my uncle being the nice man he is, employed him. In fact, my uncle employs my other aunt and cousin as well...

side track abit, my mum likes to say that our family is the only one that doesn work for him, all her other sisters works for him one way or another... in fact my uncle always shares his success with his family. be it offering to pay for my cousin's tuition fees (not his own children), bringing us for holiday or paying for all meals on family outings (imagine paying for 20 over ppl), he never complains. he's not a man of words, so he doesn noe how to console or advice ppl. so whenever any of his siblings are in financial difficulty, he will be more than willing to lend a hand. Guess this is his way of helping out - the prac way.

back to my point. so my uncle-in-law works for my uncle as a driver. during recent years, he got promoted to sales manager, so he bought a car. fuel is subsidsed by the company, so my uncle-in-law only pays for the installments. he draws a fixed salary on top of a 50-70% profit commission on his deals. but becos he draws fixed salary and has fuel subsidy, my uncle expects him to help out with deliveries when the delivery man is busy. and this was where the dispute came in...

my uncle-in-law says that by doing delivery, this reduces his sales, which is unfair. cos the other sales manager does not do delivery. but HELLO?!?! the other sales manager doesn draw fixed salary!! if my uncle makes him do delivery, that WILL be unfair. so my uncle offered him the same terms as the other sales manager. if he doesn draw fixed salary, my uncle will stop asking him to help with deliveries and hire another delivery man. But my uncle-in-law din like the idea of having no fixed salary.

In my opinion, my uncle-in-law is damn ungrateful and unreasonable lar!!! come on lor, his fixed salary is my total salary can?!?! and its not like he does delivery everyday. its only when there is too much work for the delivery man to handle. And he is the one uncomfortable with variable income. So who can you blame? my mum thinks that some other distant relative is trying to stir trouble in our family. cos they are always envious of the success my uncle has. but still... its my uncle-in-law's fault lor. I mean how can you draw a extra fixed salary and do the same work as the other sales manager? my uncle has to be fair to his other employees as well wad.

But guess my aunt is the ultimate victim in this situation. on one hand its her husband, the other is her brother. and furthermore, she was the one who approached my uncle for help when her husband lost his job. Sighs... why issit that men are never satisfied? We always complain that wadever we have is not enuff. Just like myself. always complaining tt I draw peanuts pay but work like s***. But not realising that some ppl are still jobless. then again, I remember a partner telling us that one should never be satisfied with wad we have. we should always aim higher and better. But when we start to aim high, we tend to get greedy and arrogant. just look at my uncle-in-law. aim high he did alright. but to the extent of forgetting who was the one who brought him to where he is now and how his selfish and ambitious thoughts can affect his loved ones (my aunt). Guess i am just having a taste of the world of politics? and seriously, i dun like it one bit.