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Check out these 10 strangest requests from Singapore bosses

2 in 5 employees get non-work-related tasks.

If you have received a really bizarre request from you employer at least once in your life, then you are not alone.

According to JobsCentral, nearly 2 in 5 Singapore workers (39%) say they've received requests from their bosses that had nothing to do with their job scope.

In addition, 21% of respondents say the requests were downright absurd.

JobsCentral compiled the following list of the top 10 strangest requests from Singapore bosses:

1. Dress up as Batman for a client meeting
2. Swap all my pink office stationery with hers (blue) because she dislikes blue!
3. Wait in my boss’s car and look out for traffic police. His car was parked illegally at a double-yellow-line lane
4. Find a dog that does not bark.
5. Do homework for my boss's children
6. Bear his traffic offense!
7. Take his shoes to all the cobblers around my office area to compare prices, just because the nearest cobbler charges $13 for mending fees
8. Book a hotel room under my name and credit card, and then lie to my boss's wife when she called the office
9. Draft my boss's appeal letter to LTA for his traffic summon. The letter was well received by the LTA folks, who let my boss off with a stern warning. I was given time-off for it.
10. Get a refund for an item he purchased three years ago!

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