Wednesday, September 06, 2006
appear offline <3 10:15 PM
i started working last monday. at the john little mega expo sale. as a basket collector. and please, stop laughing. thank you.
basically our job is to replenish the stock of the baskets for the customer to use during their shopping. yes it sounds easy but we have to fold the crooked bags, collect back the trolleys, seal customer's plastic bags when entering, explain the procedure of making an exchange/refund, and make sure we have 246 trolleys each time we start the day and for that, we have to walk one whole carpark and mrt station to find the trolleys that has been 'stolen' from the customers. okok, actually it's such a simple job lah. hahahha. but not when there are customers that just love to go against the rules!
today i stayed over at the entrance, having the responsibility to seal the plastic bags. and there was one uncle(ahpek) and his wife coming in with a johnlittle red plastic bag. He was so rushing into the store that I had no time to stop him to seal the bag so i kinda pulled the bag and said I needed to seal it.
let's do abit of scriptwriting shall we. haha.
(as i put my cable tie around his plastic bag, he pulled the plastic bag away)
ahpek: i want to do an exchange! why you need to seal my bag??
me: you can do an exchange but I'll need to seal your bag first. with this you take the item you want to make an exchange with and go to the cashier counter.
ahpek: yah! but why you need to seal my bag?? so stupid. I need to take out the thing inside later anyway what!
me: (with my already 'tak boleh tahan' tone) but you can go in and then put other things inside what.
ahpek: no no. i don't want you to seal the bag! so stupid! call your boss here, i want to speak to him. (like hello! it's our boss that instructs us to do this! whose stupid now??)
me: don't worry, i'll just seal the your bag, when you approach the counter, they'll cut it for you. ahpek: (making alot of noise and saying the 'stupid' word a number of times.)
(his wife was there, and she was the nice one. She actually said in chinese, aiyah nevermind lah. just let them seal. but the husband like crazy stubborn!! he still insisted on not letting us seal it. then the wife gave to us this face like 'layankan je lah' aka 'aiyah just entertain him ah..' kind of face. i could see that the wife is immune to this kind of chaos her husband makes.)
then kynn came.
kynn: but this is the company's policy.
ahpek: what kind of stupid policy is this?? right before i come into the shop, u think i'm a thief and want to steal the things??!
after that, he just walked into the expo. making alot of noise along the way. and the wife was still nice, requested for a shopping bag and gave us a smile. and in the end, we still didn't get to seal the bag. what a waste of energy. this kind of people should attend character-building classes.
and as normal singaporean teenagers. we almost expressed these out in front of him. almost. but customer's always right, right? right...
kynn --wt-f!!!
me -- cb!!
(in full term if you get what i mean.)
working as the cashier previously was so much more fun. the pay was better.
excerpt from the song in the show, magicians of love. oh im so in love with this song now. come sing-along the chorus with me. i know you sound bad but it doesn't matter.
Chorus:
kan zhe ni yao zou hai zhuang zhe xiao rong
yan shi de cui ruo yao cheng duo jiu
ru guo xian zai kai kou ru he wan liu
gan qing zhe tiao xian zhu ding zhi neng zhe me yuan
english translation:
Looking at you leave,I still faked a smile
How long do I need to keep up my disguise of weakness
If I talk about it now, how do I keep hold of it
This string of love is destined to be only this long
aaaaahhh....the lyrics so sweet. you'd cry listening to it if you've already watched the show. i did.
emma hassan
fifth-may-eightyeight
republic polytechnic
biomedical sciences
retired NPCC member
self-known photographer
all rounder music lover
a daughter, a friend
let yourself be heard
everyday cravings
sentimental korean dramas
popcorn (salted)
coca-cola with ice
tshirts
mamee
x-men
sleeping
dunkin donuts
starbuck's hot chocolate
baskin robbins
mcdonald's fries
as told by ginger
