At 12, “Anonymous” came up to me and told me that she’s bailing out on the survey, claiming that she needed time to work on the poster. I didn’t think she needed 5 hrs to do a poster and I told her so. Because in the first place, she was the one who suggested physical survey! It wasn’t nice for her to bail out. However, she insisted that really need the time to do the poster and she MUST print by today. I reminded her that there will be time to do the printing tmr. However, she said,

“Never mind la! We ask Rachel to do my part for the survey lor.”

I WAS HORRIFIED! How can she suggest that?! Rachel’s not in our group! She wasn’t even in our class! How can she push her responsibilities to others just like that? How can she expect me to do 50 surveys in an afternoon?

Enough was enough! I told her that we cannot do that and asked her what she’s been doing over the weekend! She worked really slowly, and I told her that. She started to defend herself but I interrupted her, saying that she has to be there! No more excuses. She showed me a black face. And started smsing immediately, not talking to either me or Rachel. Overall, it was not a pleasant scene.

In the mrt, she sulked in a corner while Rachel and I discuss the place where we would get more results from our target group. All the while, she was just smsing away. And also, she told me that she had to leave at 1… Time check, when we reached there, it was 12 plus. She only managed to complete 3 survey forms and left. Thus, I had to do the balance.

That night, during my cca, she asked for my logo’s working file. And I was happy as she was progressing, and I encouraged her on my way back home. However, at 11.54 last night, I received her sms demanding that I sent my completed report to her. I told her that I can’t! As it was late and my parents have a strict rule on switching on the internet so late at night. Again she demanded, saying that she had some research and pictures to add. I told that we had time tmr, as I’ll be in school way before 8. However, she told me that she did not want to do last minute printing and that she had already printed and mounted the poster.

I WAS SHOCKED! AGAIN! She did this to me again, I quickly asked her why she did that when I did not see and discuss the poster at all! That poster could affect our grade! This is a group project. We are supposed to discuss everything and not do things individually as it will affect the other party’s grades! And then she had the cheek to threaten me saying,

“Either way, I am not passing you the photos, the poster is already mounted, take it or leave it, up to you.”

I was furious! Who was she to threaten me? So I told her that I’ll leave it! I don’t need her one, single contribution to the project. And that I did not like her attitude. She did not reply me, thus 30 mins later, I sent her another sms saying that she had better be prepared to write her own damn report as I was TEMPTED to not put her name down on my work. Still I got no reply.

Today, Wednesday, she did not speak to me. So I spoke to her instead, however I did not want to talk to her in front of the class as it is our business and not so much of the others. It was not fair to drag the class into it. However, she cut my call again and again. Thus I was forced to speak over the class to her. As I spun around, a few people shot me a dirty look, their eyes saying everything. That was when I knew she had been bad mouthing me to others. I asked her if she still wanted to work together. However, all I received were her assumptions.

“I thought we are doing individual? You SAID individual, what.”

I could not be bothered to tell her that I said TEMPTED in my sms and since she jumped to her own conclusions so quickly, Let it be. I felt that it was better that way. So I went over to her and told her not to use ANYTHING that I did as it would be plagiarism. I told her not to use my report, my logo, or my company’s name. Everything I did, she had to do from the start, as she left me to do my own outline and poster of the product. She said OK.

In the end, she still used my logo on her poster. I don’t even want to start on the report, I have my suspicions. I confronted her about the logo and she said, “I printed already, cannot do anything about it. Go tell Azhar la!”

After the submission, Azhar looked for me and we sat down and I told him all that I wrote today. I was so frustrated. Personally, I felt used, betrayed and angry.

Now, you all know my side of the story. It’s the truth, the truth and nothing but the truth. I have the smses to prove it.

The choice is up to you to believe what you will. I have said my piece. Whatever happens after this, how you treat me, it’s up to you. All I know is that, my conscious is clear, and I felt so damn justified by writing this event down, to let y’all know the truth, then to listen to one-sided gossip.

-Love
The only Mel.Ted One