My Replacement Needs a Replacement

My one-week ICT ended last week. I am beginning to feel that low-key ICTs are the same every time. I still have a 3-week ICT this coming April. It's going to be terrible but for now, I shall rejoice at the fact that I have cleared another ICT. 1 high/ 2 lows down. 7 more to go.

I returned to work on Monday and was pleasantly surprised to see that my boss had managed to hire a replacement for me in my absence. By now, a majority of the people at work know that I will be leaving the agency at the end of February.

My replacement was a 30-something-year-old lady who had prior experience as an admin assistant. She sounded like she was from Myanmar or something. It was her first day on the job so I started teaching her about the stuff I did. Halfway into the day, I started to feel that she was a bit (for the lack of a more suitable phrase) "cannot make it".

The first hint came when we were talking about her previous job at a car company. The expression on her face changed when she learned that what she used to do was a mere fraction of what I am currently doing.

The second hint came when I was trying to teach her stuff after lunch and she stopped me, saying that she was starting to have a headache and needed a break. I left her alone for the rest of the day, thinking to myself that I'll leave the other stuff for tomorrow. After all, I had the entire month to teach her. There was no hurry.

But then the next day came and she totally went AWOL. She refused to pick up her phone when I called her. Hours later, she SMS'ed me to say that she has decided to quit because the job was not suitable for her. Oh yeah, and due to "personal reasons". What a brilliant excuse. This is totally ridiculous. It made me realize that out there, there are probably lots of people pulling this kind of shit and getting away with it.

Anyway, I spoke to a few colleagues and they also felt that she "couldn't make it". Oh, well. I hope the next one will be better.