January 11, 2006
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11:21 AM
if only i got de energy to blog abt wad happened at work daily when i return home at nite. my blog wld be reali entertaining.
today is my off day! wan to go out but tot of de bus fares den sian. and he is in THAT evil island far far away. okiee fine. less den 10 mins ferry trip from changi jetty. and he is still so so so ill. ='(
at taka or anywhere else in town. we meet 2 main categories of customers. de foreigners & locals. when i say foreigners i mean anything not from s'pore. when i started work i met wif de crazy hols of new yr's eve[sat], new yr's day[sun] and extra public hol[mon]. tt was when i just started so my patience and mood were all full levels. and abt 40% of dem were foreigners so my job was relatively easy. [by now u shld haf an idea wad i am gg to scream abt.]
BUT YESTERDAY EVENING WAS TOTALLY CHAOS!!!!!!
FYI: it was hari raya haji. a public hol. a time for dem to grab de cheapest bargains for CNY shopping.
BUT DEY TREATED TAKA LIKE A PASAR MALAM!!!! ARHHH!!!
everyone shld haf seen tt crazy sale scene. dey treated de sales items like free gifts and tore open de packaging like a kid wld of his gifts on xmas morn. hey i dun tink it's v nice to do tt to shirts tt cost $40 kie. when u look at de scene u will immediately register in ur mind "okiee these are all s'poreans. de most traditional ones."
and u wonder why u often see s'poreans complaining in commentaries tt dey are served wif a worse attitude compared to foreigners. it has nth to do wif de spending ability. it is de attitude. i've got disdainful looks frm locals but treated wif respect by foreigners. dis is an eg:
foreigner: "excuse me miss. i'm sorrie to bother u but can u help me check if..."
local: "harlo harlo! help me open i wan try dis."
u dun need much brains to noe how differently i treated both customers.
"do unto others wad u wan others to do unto u."
i dunno why locals will haf such a disgusting behaviour while foreigners can treat us wif courtesy. is it cos dey are in a foreign land? or is it de culture. i admit tt in de past i had tt crazy sale attitude and treated de stuff like free. but not anymore! i've learned my lesson and got my retribution. harhar! but of cos i am saying in a general sense. i've met several locals tt are reali polite and civilised. some aunties chatted wif me for 15 whole mins while their husbands tried on de pants. while dere are foreigners tt behave like kings/queens.
a few days ago i went to work feeling reali down cos i was shagged. it was a wkday and dere was hardly a soul in de morn. din make any sales till aftn when an angel. a local one. descended from heaven. he came to me and bought 7 shirts at a go. NO KIDDING. 7 SHIRTS. de hell happie i was and it perked me up for de entire day. he is a real angel. harhar.
oh and dere was dis young woman which i tink is russian. she came on new yr's eve to exchange de shirts she bought for her hubby a few days earlier. she cant udstd/speak eng v well so i spent a long time udstding wad she wanted. i lost a few sales cos of her cos i cldnt attend to other ppl while talking to her. but i din mind 1 bit cos she was so polite and patient even though we cldnt communicate. and she was v apologetic for taking up my time and wished me a sincere happie new yr b4 she left. tt experience was great. =)
left 10 mins earlier last nite. heard a fire broke out in a restaurant on level 5. when de fire alarm sounded everyone looked at each other. 5 secs ltr de customers continued shopping. i stared in disbelief. how can anyone continue shopping for leather shoes when de fire alarm has sounded?
if tt is de case. dere is no use in having 3249 emergency exes in mrts and bus interchanges. we lack de sense of urgency. my 1st tot was "darn. i dun wan to die at work. it's so unglam." and all promoters haf to remain till all customers evacuated. damn. so last nite was de 1st time our dpt ppl went home tgt. hur.
ahh so sad. ystd was spiderman's last dae. his sch term at ITE starting le so onli working on sat/sun if he has de time. we are all gonna miss him big time. =D
thx for ur visit william! and i tink u and my colleague [fondly known as coolman] looks a whole lot simliar. another colleague came fwd after u left and asked: "eh? just now tt guy is coolman's brother arh?" hah we almost luff our heads off. AHAHAHAHAHA! *plop*
