You must have a thick hide to be a constituency manager.
If you are a wallflower, this is not the job for you.
You have to visit the homes of all residents when accompanying
your advisor on house visits.
This is when the wayang starts...exchange pleasantries,
shake hands, take photos, pretend to be sympathetic when
residents tell you their grouses.
The type of resident I hate the most is the obnoxious educated male retiree.
Just because he can speak English and reads the Straits Times, he thinks
he is so worldly-wise and how can you compare with his years of experience?
He has all the time in the world to argue with you (since he have nothing to do
anyway) and seeing that smug, conceited look on his face makes me want to
smack him real bad.
I am glad I left that soul sucking job and the greatest satisfaction I get is that I
can tell obnoxious people off and can be even more obnoxious than them if I please.