A Horse That Spilt Out Grass

For everyone who heard about this title of this article, they might find it unfamiliar with it. However, just be prepared, because it won't be surprising if this sentence becomes a new proverb in the future.

I first come across this sentence last month, when there is an arguement happened between one of my close colleague with his superior. The matter that becomes the topic of arguement is, well......overtime claim. His superior seems to be blaming him for claiming so many OT in a month, but without taking into consideration why he did so. Just for the information, he is working in the warehouse department, and used to load products till very late, due to the late arrival of food carrier. The question that raises here is, why the food carrier came at such a late hour. Simple answer, the later, the cheaper.

Then, if the company do really want to save money by calling the carrier at such a late hour, why blame on others when they need to work till so late just to meet the company requirement? If the company is trying to block workers OT, then ask for an earlier carrier, then all the problem can be settled once and for all. However, the management refuses, as they said that is very expensive to do so. Getting complicated with the scenario now. This is the reason why the management had been branded with a title "a group of people who only know about addition and substraction, but don't know about multiplication and dividation".

Hence, the sentence (the title) appears in our proverb dictionary. A horse that spilt out grass. It refers to us as workers, which is being paid RM 1000 per month, but were required to work on a load of RM 1500 per month. This is what happened in the company now. For me, this scenario actually devalue us as a worker.