resignation - part 2

how much you know/remember of a person, shows how much you actually care

Second round...

D: What prompted the move?
Me: Opportunities. Career growth. Anything but number-crunching. I wanna be more involved in the process of delivering a package than to just sit behind the machine and crunch numbers.
D: Ok. What have you worked on before Foxground (my current project)?
Me: Northwest rail link (NWRL).
D: What was your role in that?

Despite us being on NWRL together, he has no clue on what my role was for the last 12 months. He is either too forgetful and ignorant or I was insignificant.

Me: Substructures and the approach viaduct design.
D: Before NWRL?
Me: blablablabla
D: Ok. It has been number-crunching the whole time.
Me: Yeah. Exactly.

D: How much more are they offering you?
Me: xx%
D: That's a lot! *with eyes popping out*
Me: ...(in my head: the percentage's huge only because you're paying peanuts)
D: How much are you getting now?
Me: xxx
D: How many years of experience have you got?
Me: zzzz. (Before I could say six, he was about to say three)
D: Thr...
Me: SIX
D: Six???
Me: YES. SIX.
D: Ohhhh. You're obviously underpaid.
Me: I am (OBVIOUSLY and SERIOUSLY).

Do I look that young and youthful that he mistaken me for a 3-years graduate?
Are my knowledge and diverse capability too ordinary to be noticed?
Can a 3-years graduate do the things I'm capable of doing?

Well, hahaha, I agree I do look younger than my age (sometimes).
And no. My knowledge and capability have surpassed that of a 3-year graduate.
I  choose to believe that he is too indulged in his own busy schedule that he failed to realise that time flies and he has to top up the sugar-coating on the cupcake from time to time.

D: Let me work something out for you. I'll speak to J to see if he has the kind of work you wanna do. In terms of the money, I'll try to sort something but I can't guarantee at this point how much it's gonna be.
Me: Okay.
D; What about we discuss again this afternoon? Say 2pm?
Me: Okay.

As I left the room, I wondered why he even tries so hard to retain me.
Why didn't he do it all these while?
It's a simple example of how human take people/things for granted.
Why wait for the hole in your stomach to realise that you haven't been eating well?
Or worst case, you kinda forgotten you have a stomach.