I found this email in my inbox today…
From: [my Insurance company]
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 2:38 AM
To: Ooi, Michael
Subject: Specially for women like youDear MICHAEL OOI,
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[URL]Regards
[Agent name]
[Insurance company] Contact Centre
Specially for ‘women’ like me… fuck. It wouldn’t have been that wretched if my name was not quoted in the content, because I would have disposed it off as another spam mail. But not with the big bolded ‘MICHAEL OOI’ in it. So I’m officially a ‘woman’ in their records. My insurance company’s records. FUCK.
Enclosed with the mail was a picture of a relatively young woman stretching her hands at a meadow with a liberating close-eyed expression ala the armpit deodorant advert style. I’m not sure if that picture was suppose to assuage any possible confusion that might arise upon the shocking discovery of my ‘true’ gender. This is disturbing indeed. I made an effort to reply…
From: Ooi, Michael
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 9:15 AM
To: [my Insurance company]
Subject: RE: Specially for women like youFYI, the last I checked, I am still a very masculine and established MALE. So, no thanks.
I was thinking of attaching the picture of my schlong to the originator (whom I presume must be a lady) with a caption ‘DOES THIS LOOK LIKE A FUCKING OVARY TO YOU??’, but I eighty six-ed the idea because I do not want to be too brash - because the lady on the other end might just die out of excessive cum radiation…
*ROFL* Your agent is so not professional, get a new one =p
lulz u probably come across as a woman.
Your agent must have saw Michelle Ooi LOL
wakakaka….stupid agent
Was it from AIA, Michelle?
‘erica’ - No darling, it was not AIA.
hahaha so funny . did they reply u after tht>
Jane - No they have not. I think the agent’s a goddamn robot.
Hmm you might have been paying a diff price for premium if they thought u were a female.. could have been lower/higher!!!