Was assigned the task of being a Messenger today. Actually the task had nothing or whatsoever to do with me. But because Party A and Party B and many ppl ard them are not on speaking terms with each other so I had to pass on a message. This is how the story goes:

(Note: Party A and Party B has no direct relations, they are related in a family web)

Party A ask her mum to tell my mum that she needs to collect laptop at a cetain location near my house and would require the help of Party B. They needed Party B to collect a document and id at their house somewhere at the central before going to the West side to collect it and send it back to their house.

Party B then came up with a plan to pick Party A's daughter up at her school near Bukit Batok together with the necessary documents so that he doesn't need to go down all the way to central and back to the West side again.

However, since Party A doesn't communicate directly with Party B and me, I was instructed to call Part A's daughter to convey the message.

This was how the telephone conversation went:

Me: Hello, can I speak to (Party A's Daughter)?
Party A's daughter: Hello!
Me: Ehh, so u need Party B to help u all collect laptop arh?

.......................................................................
.............(verifying necessary collection details)..................
.......................................................................

Me: So what time u end school on Tues, Wed, Thurs? Party B is suggesting that he pick you up from school then send u directly there to collect.

(convo heard over the phone)
Party A's daughter: Party B wants me to go with him to collect leh!....
Party A's Mum: You are not free what....

(back to phone convo)
Me: repeats on the plan again....
Party A's daughter: erm.....(pauses for a few sec), but the collection needs to be done before a certain timing leh.....

Party A (finally speaks up in a rather harsh and formal tone): I tell u hor, if Party B not free to collect the laptop, its ok, we can collect it OURSELVES. We can take mrt down.

Me(emphasizing the fact that we are trying to suggest a plan, not purposely trying to create trouble for them): Party B is not saying he is not free, just saying it will be more CONVENIENT since your daughter's school is at Bukit Batok which is nearer to the collection place.

Party A: I tell you what, its ok.... (repeats earlier convo again in an equally BU SHUANG tone)

Me: (Repeats the msg again) Party B is saying that he picks your daughter up from school and drive her to the place (somewhere is Jurong) to collect it.

Party A: But the laptop must be collected before a certain date and certain time. My daughter end class very late.

Me: But JC don't end late everyday what.

Party A: No no no, she end class late everyday (Obviously thinking we are unwilling to help and trying to create trouble for them by troubling her daughter.

Me: Then I need to ask Party B if there are alternative plans.

Party A: (Repeats in a BU SHUANG tone again)I tell you what, its ok if Party B not free, we can go down ourselves to collect it, take MRT down to collect it

(I look at Party B sitting at the living room, hoping I can ask them to communicate directly but can't cos they are not on speaking terms....)

Me: (very reuluctantly ended the convo) Ok lor.

------(Hangs up)------------------------------

Party B: So how is it???
Me: ( suddenly felt tears well up in my eyes so I turned around and walk to the kitchen) Tell you in a while....

-------(returns from Kitchen)--------------

Me: Yah, Party A not happy....
(repeats the whole telephone convo)
Party B: OK lor then when i free i go down and collect for them lor.
Me: But party A already said she collecting herself liao....

---------(silence)---------------------







The only thing that I couldn't understand when I put down the phone was why can't the adults communicate properly themselves??? Why must they think negatively of the way their family members look at them?? Nobody should be closer to you than your family and there is no one else you can trust better. Why must they doubt the intentions of one another. I hate to be stuck in the middle,.... now Party B and me don't know how to tell my mum about this issue....

Its as if the whole incident was my fault cos I didn't convey the message properly,.... but in the first place, if they don't trust each other, anything that would have resulted in a misunderstanding. COMMUNICATE PLEASE!!!

Now i can't walk out of Party B and say I don't care because Party B will worry about what my mum will think and my mum faces pressure from Party A's Mum. I feel so sad that I indirectly created trouble for my Parents >.< cos I wasn't a good messenger......

我好委屈！无辜卷入无畏的家庭纠纷。。。。。 我不要做夹心饼干。。。。。