u/Funny_Energy416

Hi I just arrived today, I’m from the UK and have just came from Bangkok. I only plan on staying in Malaysia for a week. I’ve always wanted to visit and finally had the chance after Thailand. This is all a bit last minute and I don’t have a concrete plan or anything, I’m staying in Bukit Bintang. Today I just thought I’d wander the streets, eat some food and get a feel of the place.

I did all of that but it was a bit overwhelming. I love hustle and bustle and big city life but this was something else. I don’t want to offend anyone. I thought Bangkok was crazy but like organised chaos, KL is so far just crazy. I’ve had more than one beggar come up to me today asking for money (including whilst I was at checkout handing over cash), scammed at a vape shop (well idk if scammed or not but price was double for same thing at another shop), seen more than a few rats (sorry I know everywhere has them just wasn’t expecting see right away), the traffic and crossing the road just isn’t fun. People banging into me or not like politely moving when you walk past each other. And just walking back tonight I felt a bit edgy.

Idk how to explain without sounding like I’m trashing KL and I’m sorry if this comes off whiny. I am very tired today and that’s def made my mood worse. Maybe Bangkok’s just too friendly I dunno.

I know every office is different but with all the changes coming up we’ve been given a choice of 4 shift patterns… all are awful. All shifts are finishing hours later than they are currently. The earliest set is Mon - Fri 8:19 - 1640, 1720, etc. all the options are finishing times of around 5/6pm.

Currently we finish at Mon/tue 1450, 1435, 1525 Wed-Fri and Saturday 1445 which is perfect for me and basically everyone in my office, matches with school times for the parents, etc. honestly the times were the biggest perk of the job.

I’ve been pretty chill and just come in do my job if shit changes it changes whatever but finding out they’re shifting our finishing times has made me think about leaving. Our union rep said we wouldn’t be finishing later and that we’d get earlier finishes on a Saturday. All untrue, lies even.